Oil painting by Laura Lewis depicting a lively diner scene

Oil Painting · Portraiture

Paintings of
figures and place.

This is my painting practice: humans, rooms, light, memory, and the lives that stay with me. I also accept select portrait commissions in oil.

Oil Paintings

People, rooms,
light, and memory.

Recent figurative and observational paintings.

Oil painting of a café interior by Laura Lewis
Café InteriorOil on canvas
Oil painting of two seated figures by Laura Lewis
Two FiguresOil on canvas
Oil painting of a reclining figure by Laura Lewis
Figure StudyOil on canvas
Oil painting of a seated figure wearing a beanie by Laura Lewis
Portrait StudyOil on canvas
Oil painting of an accordion player by Laura Lewis
Figure StudyOil on canvas
Oil painting of two costumed women by Laura Lewis
Two FiguresOil on canvas
Oil painting of a small figure seen through a window by Laura Lewis
Window StudyOil on canvas
Oil painting by Laura Lewis
Figure StudyOil on canvas
Pastel portrait by Laura Lewis

Pastel & Charcoal

Portraits drawn
from life.

Pastel Portraits is a separate portrait practice devoted to commissioned pastel and charcoal work, with its own gallery, process, and booking information.

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Portrait Commissions

I could paint
you, too.

My paintings often begin with a face, a gesture, or a presence I want to keep looking at. I accept a small number of commissioned oil portraits.

A commission is not a polished studio headshot translated into paint. It is a real painting: observed, interpretive, physical, and unmistakably made by hand.

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Contact

Work, commissions,
collaborations.

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