Artist Laura Gates Profile (2018)
Art Rocks!
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Art
Place Covered: Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2018-02-09
Duration: 00:06:31
Subjects: Gates, Laura | Arts | Painters | Landscape painting, American
Contributors:
- Fox-Smith, James Host
- Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
- Gates, Laura Interviewee
Description
This segment from the February 9, 2018, episode of the series “Art Rocks!” features producer Dorothy Kendrick’s profile of Laura Gates, a landscape painter from Alexandria, Louisiana. She discusses: her career with the National Park Service; the subtleties of the Louisiana landscape; painting both plein air and in her studio; her preference for using oil paints and painting knives; her painting process; and her connection to place and the land. Host: James Fox-Smith