Maud Durland is an award-winning Portland, Oregon watercolorist who captures her motifs in a figurative and contemporary style. She is known for her calming renderings of landscapes and she also paints a variety of other subjects. Light and shadow are essential components in her paintings. Art has always been a part of Maud’s life. Born and raised in Sweden she learned to paint at an early age. After college she continued to pursue her love of art by enrolling in Famous Artists School. Maud has continued to advance her painting skills by attending workshops from artists such as Alvaro Castagnet, Tom Lynch, Tony Couch, Arne Westerman and Susan McKinnon. Maud’s watercolors are found in private, public and corporate collections in the U.S. and Europe. One of Europe’s leading fine art publishers, EGIM in Italy, has acquired licensing rights to several of her paintings. Hewlett-Packard published some of her works at their greeting card website. She recently illustrated a picture book for children. Six of her floral paintings were selected to be included in "The Watercolour Flower Painters Bible". Maud is a member of the Northwest Watercolor Society, Watercolor Society of Oregon, Painter’s Showcase, Lake Area Artists and other art associations. Her art has been shown and sold at juried International and National exhibits. “I look for motifs that indulge the eyes and vacation the mind. Most of my inspiration comes from the rolling hills and clustering vineyards of the Napa Valley. I love to watch landscapes shadows and shapes transform with the movement of the sun.”
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Ongoing & Upcoming Exhibits AssociationsPublications AwardsHonorable Mention - Lake Area Artists Annual Exhibit, Oregon 2008 Achievement Award - Watercolor Society of Oregon, 2005 Award of Distinction - Watercolor Society of Oregon, 2004 Third Place Award - Art Splash, Tualatin, Oregon 2004 Oswego Heritage Council Award -Lake Area Artists Annual Exhibit, Oregon 2004 First Place Award - Art Splash Tualatin, Oregon 2003 Best of Show - Lake Area Artists Annual Exhibit, Oregon 2003 Lakewood Center Award - Lake Area Artists Annual Exhibit, Oregon 2003 Oswego Heritage Council Award - Lake Area Artists Annual Exhibit, Oregon 2003 Grand Prize Winner - Rose Art Show - Portland Rose Festival, Oregon 2002 Best of Show - Lake Area Artists Annual Exhibit, Oregon 2002 First Place Award - Art Splash Tualatin, Oregon 2002 Honorable Mention - Lake Oswego Festival Of The Arts, Oregon 2002 Blue Ribbon Award - Lake Oswego Festival Of The Arts, Oregon 2001
Past Exhibits NWWS Waterworks 2007 Harbor Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA Portland Art Museum - Rental Sales Gallery Spring Show 2008 Portland Portland Art Museum - Rental Sales Gallery Fall Show 2007 Portland Portland Art Museum - Rental Sales Gallery New Artists Show 2007 Portland Providence St Vincent Art Gallery 2007 Portland Northwest Watercolor Society Exhibit 2006* Kaewyn Gallery, Bothell, WA Art in the Heart of Lake Oswego 2006 OR Beaverton Visual Arts Showcase* 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 OR Painter's Showcase 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Jenkins Estate, Aloha, OR Art in the Burbs* 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Tigard, OR Northwest Watercolor Society*2005 Kirsten Gallery Seattle WA Art Splash* 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Tualatin, OR Lake Oswego Festival Of The Arts 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 OR Lake Area Artists Annual Exhibit 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,2008 Lake Oswego, OR Celebration of Creativity 2004, 2005 Beaverton, OR The Artists' Show and Sale I & II 2004, 2005 Portland, OR Art & Soul Gallery* 2004, Ashland, OR Watercolor Society of Oregon* 2005 Burns, OR Watercolor Society of Oregon (Art & Soul Gallery)* 2004, Ashland, OR Local 14 Art Show and Sale* 2004, 2006 World Forestry Center, Portland, OR Lake Oswego Arts Chronicle an invitational exhibit, 2003, 2004 Lake Oswego, OR Artists Vision Exhibition* 2004 Lake Oswego, OR International Watermedia XIII* 2003 Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, CO Watercolor Missouri National Exhibit* 2003 Winston Churchill Memorial, Fulton, MO Watercolor Society of Oregon* 2002, Astoria, OR Wilsonville Library 2002 solo exhibit, Wilsonville, OR Oregon Society Of Artists Rose Art Show* 2002, Portland, OR Cannon Beach Gallery* 2001, 2002, Cannon Beach, OR West Slope Library 2002 solo exhibit, Portland, OR Gearhart Gallery 2001 solo exhibit, Gearhart, OR Oregon Society Of Artists Gallery 2000, 2001, Portland, OR
*Juried entry Represented by Portland Art Museum - Rental Sales Gallery 1237 SW 10th Ave Portland, Oregon Rouge Blanc Gallery Newberg, Oregon WhiteBird Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon Maud Durland's Studio in Lake Oswego, Oregon is open by appointment. Call Maud at 503-635-7928 or Email
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