Artist Laurie Kersey loves the dramatic coastal landscape of the Monterey Peninsula that she and her artist husband, Brian Blood, call home. For a painter, the West Coast offers a great deal of diversity, from sandy beaches and rocky coastlines to rolling farmland and golden hills dotted with oaks.

Currently, Kersey’s work includes the dramatic coastline and quiet countryside of California; elegant, traditional still life and florals; figures in quiet moments; and horses at work and play.

After an early education at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and a 15 year career in commercial art, as an Art Director and Illustrator on the East Coast, she relocated to San Francisco and studied painting at the Academy of Art University. She later taught painting and drawing in the Fine Art Department at the Academy.

Selected Exhibitions
American Legacy Fine Arts
The Greenhouse Gallery Salon International
California Art Club’s Gold Medal Exhibition
Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art
Cowgirl Up! Museum Invitational
Torrey Pines Plein Air Invitational
Maui Plein Air Invitational
Oil Painters of America’s National and Western Regional Exhibitions

Professional Associations
Signature Member of the California Art Club
Oil Painters of America
American Women Artists
Artist Member of the American Impressionist Society and the American Academy of Equine Art

Press and Publications
Southwest Art Magazine
Plein Air Magazine
American Artist Magazine
USEF's Equestrian Magazine
Horses in Art Magazine