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1. Tobacco Barn V, 2009, oil on canvas, 24" x 24"
2. Martyr in the Valley, 2009, oil on canvas, 25" x 27"
3. Harvest Moon, 2008, oil on panel, 30" x 40"
4. Night Barn, oil on panel, 30" x 40"
5. Luna, 2007, oil on linen, 38" x 34"
6. Composition with Three Balls, 2007, oil on linen, 30" x 40"
7. After the War, 2003, oil on panel, 20" x 24"
8. Elysian Fields, 2007, oil on linen, 40" x 40"
9. Red Roof 9, 2007, oil on linen, 21" x 23"
10. Composition 27, 2007, oil on panel, 25" x 25"
11. Offering II, watercolor 22" x 30"
12. Have You Looked Outside?, 2008 oil on panel 18-1/4" x 20-1/4"
13. Black Birds in Flight, 2003, oil on panel, 24" x 28"
14. Guardian II, 2000, oil on linen, 22" x 28"
15. Moon Rings, 2005, oil on linen, 39" x 25"
16. Cold Creek III, 2007, oil on panel, 10" x 12"
17. Tobacco Barn I, 2004, oil on linen, 24" x 24"
18. Vision of Nirvana, oil on linen 22" x 24"
19. Red Roof, 2003, oil on linen, 24" x 24"
20. Wondrous Falls, 2005, oil on panel, 31" x 30"
21. Tobacco Barn III, 2005, oil on linen, 31" x 40"
22. Tobacco Barn II, 2005, oil on linen, 16" x 22"
23. Auntie Em, 2008, oil on panel 18" x 20"
24. Windblown Banner #1, 2008, oil on panel 10-3/4" x 11-1/2"

Contact Information
112 Wawa Road
Wawa, PA 19063
tel: 610-358-3126
e-mail: Lauren@LitwaArt.com
www.LitwaArt.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
My work is a combination of reality, dreams and imagination. My intent is to create a place where the viewer can escape from the hectic pace of everyday life. Color, texture and composition are all important elements in my work. I sometimes use the same objects to create my settings. Some of these objects like hoops, balls, industrial vents, banners and clouds are things that I have loved looking at my entire life. The vent becomes my imaginary figure, which is influenced by religious sculptures. The ladders and clouds are also spiritually inspired. One painting leads to the next and I always look forward to the challenge of creating each piece.

Artist Bio
Lauren Litwa Holden studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia where she received the William Emlen Cresson traveling scholarship award for painting.  She has had exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, The Noyes Museum, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts and is an alumni of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia (formerly Creative Artists Network).  She received a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation in Canada and recently won first prize for painting at Art of the State in Harrisburg PA.

Education
1984
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate

Awards and Honors
2010
Honorable Mention “Ricks Picks” Wallingford Art Center, Wallingford, PA

2006
First Prize Painting, Art of the State 2006, Harrisburg, PA

1994
Irvin Sall Memorial Award, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA

1992
Honorable Mention, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

1991
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada

1989
Philadelphia National Bank Award, Wayne Art Center,
Wayne, PA

1988
Painting Award, Lebanon Valley College, Lebanon, PA

Purchase Prize, Beaver College, Glenside, PA

First Prize Watercolor, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

1987
Painting Award, Stedman Gallery, Camden, NJ

1985
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
    Quaker Storage Award, Painting
    Sylvia Wexler Award, Painting

1984
The William Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarship Award, Painting

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
    Robert Ricker Memorial Award, Landscape
    Philadelphia Watercolor Award
    Consolidated/Drake Press Award, Painting

Residencies
1996
La Villa Arrigo, Florence, Italy 

2004
Margo-Kelb Dune Shack, Provincetown, MA

Professional Affiliations
Alumni Artist, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia PA

Fellowship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Professional Experience
1993-1995
Instructor, Southeastern Home Service, Center For Emerging Visual Artists

1992
Instructor, Aqueous Media, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Publications
2010
Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2010

Best of World Oil Artists, Kennedy Publishing, Williamsburg, VA

2009
Best of America Oil Artists, Kennedy Publishing, Williamsburg, VA

Bibliography
Janco, Mary Anne, “Landscapes with a Twist”, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 27, 2006

Donohue, Victoria, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 16, 2006

Donohue, Victoria, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 31, 2004

Ledger, Martha, "Assemblage", Art Matters, August, 2003

Donohue, Victoria, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 18, 2003

Sozanski, Edward, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19, 1996

Mangravite, Andrew, Philadelphia Forum, July 18, 1996

Sozanski, Edward, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 29,1994

Mangravite, Andrew, Philadelphia Weekly, April 27,1994

Kasrel, Deni, Philadelphia Business Journal, April 15,1994

Diskin, Meg, Delaware County Times, July 23, 1992

Schaeffer, Helen, News of Delaware County, Novenber 1, 1989

Collections partial list
Benjamin Lovell, Wilmington, DE
Dr. Dudley Spencer, Wilmington, DE (Frank Lloyd Wright Home)
Cellular Telecommunications, Washington, DC
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ
Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
Sun Company, Marcus Hook, PA
American Equity Development Corporation, North Wales, PA
Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Duane, Morris and Hecksher, Philadelphia, PA
West Ellis Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
Arcadia College (formerly Beaver College), Glenside, PA
Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson, Philadelphia, PA
Mr. Fritz Schroeder, Lantana FL

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2010
Visions of a Dream, Keystone Art & Culture Center, Lancaster, PA

Gallery Piquel, New Hope, PA

2008
Lyrical Landscapes, Red Raven Gallery, Lancaster, PA

2007
Landscapes, Galleria at Va La, Avondale, PA

2005
Oils & Watercolors, Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA

Landscapes, White Birch Gallery, Media, PA

2003
Recent Works, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2002
Visions in Flight, Carolyn Roberts Gallery, Yorklyn, DE

2000
New Paintings, Atlantic Cape College, Mays Landing, NJ

1996
Paintings, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA

1994
Landscapes & Factories, Philadelphia Artists Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1993
Factories, Medici Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Works on Paper, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA

Group

2009
Art of the State 2009, State Museum of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, PA
Juror: Patricia Bellan-Gillen

2008
The Churchill Gallery, Newburyport, MA

Interrogating Beauty, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Juror: Eleanor Heartney

In Her Own Backyard, Art Trust, West Chester, PA

2007
Art of the State 2007, State Museum of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, PA

Assemblage, Widener University Art Gallery, Chester PA

National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York NY
Juror: Philip Pearlstein

2006
Old School, New School, No School, Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe, PA
Juried Exhibition

Birth of Worlds and Beyond, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA

Dune Shack Margo-Gelb Artists Exhibition, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA

National Juried, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 
Juror: Donald Kuspit

Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA  Juror: Madeleine Viljoen

Art of the State 2006, State Museum of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, PA
Juror: Susan Fisher Sterling
1st Place Painting

2004
Assemblage, Center for the Arts, Wallingford, PA

CAN, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Assemblage, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

1996
Saturn/Mercurial: The Many Moods of Watercolor, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Invitational

Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA

The Realm of Morpheus Dream Image in Art, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1993
Native to Neon, The Armory, Philadelphia, PA

Artists Choose New Artists, Main Line Center for the Arts, Havertown, PA

Best of Creative Artists Network, Double Door Gallery, Islesboro ME

1989
Contemporary Women Artists of Philadelphia, American Embassy, Brussels, Belgium

1987
Works on Paper, Arcadia College, Glenside, PA
Juror: Patterson Sims

Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions Juried
2005
Members Exhibition, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

1992
Artists Choose New Artists, Main Line Center for the Arts, Havertown, PA