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About the Artist

Lino Laure is purely a self-taught painter. Born in the Philippines in 1963, at age nine his family moved to California where he grew up. He graduated from Cal Poly, Pomona with a Liberal Arts degree. Shortly after college and while working as a school teacher, he began cultivating his painting abilities mostly by studying many forms of artwork through keen observation. In San Francisco where he lived for many years, Lino joined the San Francisco Artist's Guild and participated in the many art venues in the Bay Area. In 1993, Lino moved to Hawaii as he was drawn to live in a place surrounded by ocean and natural landscape as inspiration for his work. Aside from being a painter/artist, Lino is also a yoga instructor and massage therapist. He currently lives in Honolulu on the island of Oahu but has lived, in years past, on Kauai and the Big Island.



About the Artwork

All of my original artwork are painted with oils on canvas. Large paintings are finished in my studio while smaller paintings are completed from start to finish "en plein air" (in the open/outdoors). Because of its many climates and terrain, Hawaii is not only a tourist's paradise but a painter's paradise as well. One doesn't have to go far to find a unique spot to paint a captivating scene. For the landscape paintings, I choose a scene not only for its inherent beauty but also to bring forth a good composition. The botanical paintings either come from working from my photographs after visiting certain gardens or were done "en plein air". The marine life paintings were inspired by my personal interaction with these beautiful creatures in the waters of Hawaii. And, finally, the conceptual pieces come from my imagination, taking elements of real or imaginary landscapes with other elements such as figures to create a story or express a mood.
Lino Laure
Lino Laure

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