New works in Encaustic and Oil

Yes, I have been busy with life and art this year!

Haven't blog posted in awhile so will add some new work here...

These pieces will be available during the 

Open Studio's Art Tour

February 2018

A Map to Hidden Treasure

A Landscape with Memories

El Campo con Viento

Mirror of Energy

ART Exhibition August-September 2017

I was invited to participate in an exhibition at Gallery Route One in Point Reyes, California.
My piece used parts of a box that was given to all artists to create a unique piece with!

Coastal Trees Encaustic

Turning back to Nature

In the Layers a key

Windows, Portals, Timelessness

Arbor as Protection and Grace

Delta Veins running in Patterns of Form

A Living Sculpture Evolving Toward Itself

Encaustic Medium with Photograph and Mixed Media                                    Laurie Pearce Bauer,   August 2017

iPhone shot in the gallery              Laurie Pearce Bauer   August 2017

Bolinas in Autumn

Cool Light, Ocean Breeze

Bay Laurel, Eucalyptus and Moss 

Wisdom of the Natural World Speaks

Through sunlight forms...

Photography Exhibit Review, A Sense of Place

A Sense of Place ART REVIEW

By Leela Vera Morales

Sometimes the real Baja Sur is washed away in the wave of ‘tourist’ culture. We’re in Mexico, but who are the Mexicans? What were their customs before the U.S. Dollar came knockin’ at the door? To catch a glimmer of the original Baja, visit Todos Santos where an exhibition of resident photographer, Laurie Pearce Bauer, captures a sense of place.

Galaría Casa Tota is host to this photography exhibition, A Sense of Place.   On April 10^th, Bauer welcomed over 80 people to the art opening. If you weren’t privy to the opening where she spoke about her life and influences, you can discover her work at a calm pace from now through June.

Art has been an important part of Bauer’s life since childhood, but first began delving into landscape photography while working as in architecture in San Francisco. Later she began doing black and white classic “Madonna-style” mother-and-child portraiture. She became an expert darkroom printer.  This was an alternative to the mainstream, commercial portraiture offered at the time. Bauer says she found her “voice” as a photographer when she moved (with husband and two small children) to northern France. The mystery and allure of the historic ruins of the region inspired her to develop impressionistic prints, 'creating a feeling of the past in the present moment', through her photography.

The antique quality of Bauer’s work is reflected in her Ranchero and People portraits. By working in black and white she feels she can better capture the essence of her subjects. Her interest in broadening the notion of time through the timeless quality of photographs is an attempt to help the viewer to be “more observant and present”. It is also an expression of the Buddhist teachings that have a strong influence on her art.

One of my favorite pieces is “Rancho Burnishing Clay”. It’s a warm tone black and white photo (as are most of her pieces) of a Ranchero woman’s hands putting the finishing touches on a traditional clay pot. I stood captivated before it for a long while. I felt as if I was the artist, lost in my work. The romance we associate with the creative process, and the flow an artist experiences when in the moment were all captured in that one shot.

A Sense of Place includes Bauer’s photos of Baja Ca Sur, botanical life, and Aztec and modern dancers, but the most striking of all are those photos taken locally of Rancheros and of the Todos Santos street art “Wall of Saints”. In portraits of both the oldest generation of resident, as well as the younger generation. She shows “strength of character with less materialism - the way people lived years ago.” One feels as if one has been invited into the homes and lives of the Sud-Californianos.

Bauer’s photos of the “Wall of Saints” – a long wall painted by resident artists and children of the Palapa Soicety – bring to life local art, often overlooked. I, for one, had no idea where it was, despite driving by it several times a week. The paint is chipped and fading, destroyed in the daily onslaught of dust and sun, but in Bauer’s photos they positively radiate with life and unearthly essence.

“I want to show layers of time,” says Bauer. “I think we need to learn from our history. We’re so caught up in our own lives – it is good to broaden the view.”

Bauer’s photography is somewhat haunting, yet warm and inviting. Through her work, one senses the Baja California of a time gone by, and the one that is still alive and breathing beneath the veneer of modernity. A Sense of Place is on exhibit at Galaría Casa Tota through June, and is open seven days a week during Casa Tota’s restaurant hours. Prints (framed and unframed) are available for purchase at extremely reasonable prices as well as art cards.

Her Fine Art web site can be found at: http://casaverdephotography.blogspot.mx

Laurie Pearce Bauer is also available for wedding and portrait photography, which is somewhat different from her fine art, but excellent in quality, composition and feeling. Visit www.baylaurelphotography.com for more information.

Cabo Mil Interview 96.3 fm

Weekend with Wendy Program, Saturday April 19th 2014

Leela Vera Morales is a talented local writer who loves to travel and write about her adventures, as well as culture, food and art. One can visit her blog at : http://leelavera.com

Best of Show Award in Juried Exhibition

The Vision's Gallery in Todos Santos, BCS had an exhibit of Fine Art Photography in February of 2010. I was pleased to receive an award in the "Best of Show" category for "Tres Vacas", a gicleé black and white print of roaming cows in the mountains. This photograph was taken a few years back on my way to a mountain top retreat in the Dzogchen Buddhist tradition. The cows seem to speak of the soul of the desert land there - quiet, elemental and ancient.