Laurin McCracken
(USA)
Laurin McCracken AWS NWS
Laurin McCracken is a realist watercolorist who has put the skills learned over
the years as an architect in drawing, photographing and observing to use as a
watercolorist. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Architecture from
Rice University and a Masters in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton
University.
McCracken is an award-winning artist whose paintings have been exhibited in
juried shows coast to coast including the Philadelphia Watercolor Society,
Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society and the
Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, California Watercolor
Society, Watercolor West, Southern Watercolor Society and the American
Watercolor Society.
He is a signature member of more than a dozen watercolor societies. He is the
President of the Watercolor Honor Society.
勞林．麥魁肯 美國水彩畫協會、美國全國水彩畫協會會員
勞林．麥魁肯為現實派水彩畫家，將多年習得的建築技巧運用在繪畫、攝影與觀察，轉身成為水彩畫家。擁有萊斯大學的藝術及建築雙學士學位，並取得普林斯頓大學的建築與都市設計碩士學位。麥魁肯為獲獎無數的藝術家，其畫作曾於全美無數評選展展出，包括費城水彩畫協會、尼加拉水彩畫協會、匹茲堡水彩畫協會、美國水彩畫阿迪朗達克全國展、加州水彩畫協會、美西水彩畫協會、美國南方水彩畫協會及美國水彩畫協會展覽。
他是十數個水彩畫協會的署名會員，現為美國水彩榮譽協會會長。
Jars on Quilt 被褥上的罐子
Watercolor 水彩｜71 x 50cm｜2018
A still life of clear and colored glass on an antique, hand-sewn quilt. Painted in the Dutch style of the 17th vcnetury.
以17世紀荷蘭風，描繪手工古董被褥上清澈與彩色的瓶罐的靜物畫。
Peeling Paint and Rusty Locks 漆斑駁 鎖生鏽
Watercolor 水彩｜71.12 x 48.26cm｜2019
This is one of series of paintings that explores texture in watercolor realism. The goal is to share with the viewer how I see the texture of peeled paint and the rust on locks and hinges in a high level of detail.
本作品為探討水彩寫實主義紋理的系列作品之一，目的是以更精緻的細節與觀眾分享斑駁的油漆與鎖上的鏽蝕在我眼中的紋理質感。
Still Life with Clouds 雲彩靜物畫
Watercolor 水彩｜50 x 60.96cm｜2017
A still life in the style of the Dutch and Flemish painters of the 16th and 17th Century. The storm outside the window is a reference to the religious paintings that some painters would put in their still life paintings.
一幅16、17世紀荷蘭及法蘭德斯畫風的靜物畫。窗外的風暴帶有宗教繪畫中的指涉意義，也是一些畫家會放入其靜物繪畫之中的元素。