ABOUT LAURIE KOSS

Born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Laurie developed a love and appreciation for art from her mother, Mary Eagle, also an artist. While studying graphic design and photography at North Vancouver’s Capilano College, Laurie became fascinated with colour theory—especially the mixing of tertiary and quaternary colours and credits this interest as a significant influence in her current work.

Laurie continued her education at the University of British Columbia, where she studied Fine Arts and Art Education and was awarded the respected Brissenden Scholarship upon graduation. While at UBC, Laurie developed a love of acrylic painting and an interest in macro photography. During a senior photography course, instructor and graphic artist Bob Steele introduced Laurie to the challenge of producing successful black-and-white photographs. Without colour, the elements and principles of design (such as line, shape, tone, contrast, and movement) must be relied on to make an image beautiful. It is this idea Laurie has explored throughout her career while primarily focusing on painting white flowers.

Laurie, who is an award-winning artist and a senior member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, has her work on Canada Post’s 2015 Flower Series stamps and a Royal Canadian Mint $20 collector’s coin. Following her 2017 solo exhibit, Pansy, Laurie began releasing a limited-edition pansy print each spring, with 100% of proceeds donated to a worthy cause.

Laurie and her husband, who have two grown children and a new grandchild, now live in Kelowna, BC, where Laurie enjoys spending time in her studio, painting large canvases inspired by her photography. Though, at times, she uses a more colourful palette, Laurie’s paintings are an intimate study of natural form, light, and movement as expressed through the beauty of nature’s greatest gift, flowers