ARTISTS

Charlene Lau Ahier

Charlene Lau Ahier worked for many years in the aerospace industry before turning to painting and drawing, both longtime passions. Her engineering background has always fed a kind of visual questioning of the world around her, from which she draws inspiration.

She studied painting at the Art Student’s League (New York) and in France, in the ateliers of renowned classical realist painters Jeremy Lipking, David Leffel and Rita Natarova, and most notably with modern master H. Craig Hanna, whose work left an undeniable mark. Living in Paris for several years and studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, she was encouraged to work primarily from life and to develop new ways of seeing based on the work of the great masters.

She has shown her work in several group exhibitions in Paris, including Laurence Esnol Gallery, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and Galerie du Montparnasse. Her work is found in collections worldwide, including France, Canada, England, the United States, Sweden, and New Zealand.

Her website: www.lau-ahier.com