NEW ORLEANS, LA, November 17, 2023 - Laura Fischer Saxon has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

A skilled fine artist with more than four decades of excellence to her credit, Ms. Saxon has earned distinction as the owner of Laura Saxon Artist. Since 1981, she has focused her creative efforts on Classical painting techniques handed down from the Dutch Masters of Art, the French Academic and Impressionist Artist to develop her own contemporary painting style.

Additionally, she served as secretary for the Artists Alliance in Lafayette Louisiana, Vice- President, and Treasurer of the New Orleans Art Association and as a valued member of the Oil Painters of America, and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, among other Professional Art Organizations. She lends her expertise by giving painting demonstrations to the New Orleans Public Library, Art Associations and Galleries and has donated her works to fundraising efforts for the New Orleans Art Association, the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and Artists for Leheina Hawaii.

While developing her independent career, Ms. Saxon served as a Painting instructor for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette beginning in 1981 for seven years. She then was Director and Painting instructor for the Lakeview Shepherd Center in NOLA from 2007 until 2010. Over the course of her professional journey, she has presented her work numerous times across the US, from Manhattan to Los Angeles, including solo shows at Magale Library of Centenary College LA and the World Trade Center in NOLA. She also participated in the Festival International Premier Show at the Artists Alliance in Lafayette LA and the 23rd Annual Delta Art Exhibition with the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock.

Among her artistic accomplishments, Ms. Saxon has won Best of Show in the Red Bean Open in 1981 at ULL. 1st Place in the Red Bean Open at ULL in 1980 and the top award in 1965 from the Browne School, Alexandria Virginia in her youth.

More recently, she was honored with the Color and Design Award by Latvian artist, Founder and Director of the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art, Auseklis Ozols in 2009 and the Carol Peebles Drawing Award there in 2013.

Ms. Saxon has won numerous awards such as Best of Show with Gallery One Ellleven Leesville National Show in 2018, First Place in the Pirates Alley National Show in 2018, and First Place in the NOAA City Park Show in 2021. Those are in addition to the People's Choice Award and other top awards in local and regional art associations since 2016.

To prepare for her creative career, Ms. Saxon studied Applied Art at Louisiana Tech University beginning in 1973, UC Berkley and University of San Francisco in 1979, earning her Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting and Drawing from ULL in 1981 under the Director William L. Moreland. Following these achievements, she attended workshops at Tulane University and in 1990, classes in the Master's Program at UNO in NOLA. She later completed a program in Drawing and Painting at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art in 2015. She continues taking courses to improve her work.

Ms. Saxon has clients from around the world who collect her artwork. From London, Berlin, France and to Australia.

Ms. Saxon says that "I am a fine Artist with a mission". She learned that in an art business course she is currently taking online in 2023. It is based on her life experiences and is a way she can serve her collectors by providing them with something that will bring peace and joy into their lives by reminding them of something important to them personally. Something that they can treasure for the rest of their lives.

She was in an art show on August 5, 2023, in New Orleans for the Gallery Walk and art party White Linen Night at Deutsch Kerrigan LLC. Ms. Saxon commented: "I am honored to be one of three featured artists to be invited to show my work there on White Linen Night. There were about 20,000 who attended.. "When people would stop to study my paintings, I would introduce myself and ask them what they were thinking about my painting. Almost everyone said that it made them feel peaceful, calm and at home. One man said that if he wasn't busy with work, he would love to go spend some time in the place where my painting was. That was so great to hear. Apparently, I am serving my mission through my paintings!"

Now, Ms. Saxon is working with her clients, providing her artwork to them, helping them to enjoy the feelings of peace and joy they experience through her work, every day. Her most recent client, MK McClure, said that her painting is "…precious, a priceless heirloom. You have captured the spirit of the feeling of New Orleans in your own style. I don't know how you do that!"
Within the coming years, Ms. Saxon intends to continue painting for her collectors as well as organize her business to better serve her clients. She hopes to also establish an art gallery in Saint Martin in the Caribbean to have a location to sell her paintings there and offer art workshops there for people enjoying holidays and vacations. Her mission is to give her clients the feeling of calmness when they see her artwork based on their life experiences.

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