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LAURI BLANK
BIOGRAPHY
Artist
Art Brokerage: At 12 years old,
Lauri Blank was honored by The Norton Museum of Art who included her
three-dimensional painting of a young woman aging slowly in their
prestigious national exhibition. Later her talents were recognized by
patrons in Washington D.C. and the Miami area, where she accepted
numerous important commissions.
And then in 1999, Lauri�??s career would
take a different turn, one that resembled one of the masters she
studied for most of her life. Lauri Blank was commissioned to paint the
ceiling of an 18th century church in Old Montreal. For months, the
artist worked day and night painting the Cathedral�??s ceiling while
standing on scaffolding that had a five-story drop onto the marble floor
below. Blank received national coverage within Architectural Digest and
her Old Montreal Cathedral work was featured on HGTV. She has been
called "The Ft. Lauderdale areas own Michelangelo". Blank's work has
been exhibited in galleries throughout the nation. She receives frequent
media attention and has appeared on numerous magazine covers throughout
the Miami area. In 2002, Blank was selected as the artist for the 2002
Grammy Awards.
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