Laurie Flaherty was born in 1966 and grew up in Columbus, Indiana, where she spent much of her time drawing and exploring the natural world. After graduating in 1991 from the University of Pennsylvania as a Fine Arts Painting major, she began her career making large abstract oil paintings. Her work began to shift toward representation when she was invited to lead painting retreats in Maine. Frequent trips to Brazil led to a body of work focusing on bromeliads, while the next phase of her work concentrated on more complex interactions of patterned plants and birds. Currently, she's working on a series of pollinator and native plants to spotlight rewilding and biodiversity. She is a recipient of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Artist Fellowship. Her work can be found in private collections worldwide and public collections nationally. Laurie has shown her work in the eastern United States at Kathryn Markel Gallery in New York and Soprafina Gallery in Boston. "My work finds its source in my immersion in the natural world. With nature as my guide, my paintings are both outward and inward looking. Elements from the natural world become metaphors for the inner world of thought and emotion. It is my goal to create paintings that show the brilliance of nature while revealing the human experience. While initially my gardens and paintings focused on celebrating what is dazzling in the natural world, in recent years, my intent is to create an environment focused on sustaining life. Both gardens and painting share the same effort to spotlight native plants and biodiversity, to restore and rewind. Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions: 2026 – Illuminations, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT2015 – Awakening, Artspace, Guilford, CT2014 – Birds of Prey, EBK Gallery, Hartford, CT2007 – Two Painters, Gallery 195, New Haven, CT2006 – Recent Work, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2006 – Tidal, Artspace Gallery, Guilford, CT2001 – Through the Skin of Water, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA1997 – The Waters of March, Gallery 57, Cambridge, MA1994 – Drawings, McQuade Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA Selected Group Exhibitions: 2026 – Valentine Gems, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT2025 – Summer in New England, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT2025 – Valentine Gems, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT2025 – Holiday Show, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT2025 – Holiday Exhibition, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2024 – Journeys Into Light, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT2024 – Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2024 – Holiday Show, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT2023 – Making Their Mark, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT2023 – Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2022 – Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2021 – Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2020 – Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2019 – New Work, Sorelle Gallery, New Canaan, CT2019 – Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2018 – New Work, Sorelle Gallery, New Canaan, CT2018 – Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, CT2017 – New Work, Sorelle Gallery, New Canaan, CT2017 – Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2016 – New Work, Sorelle Gallery, New Canaan, CT2016 – Summer Group Exhibition, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2015 – New Paintings, EBK Gallery & Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT2015 – Summer Show, South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY2015 – Group Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2015 – New Work, Sorelle Gallery, New Canaan, CT2014 – August Salon, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2014 – Summer Show, South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY2013 – Juried Invitational, Art Essex Gallery, Essex, CT2013 – New Work, EBK Gallery, West Hartford, CT2013 – Summer Salon, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2013 – Summer Show, South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY2012 – Summer Salon, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2012 – Summer Show, South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY2011 – New Work, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA2011 – Summer Show, South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY2010 – Gallery Artists, Mulford Collectors Gallery, Rockland, ME2009 – Gallery Artists, Mulford Collectors Gallery, Rockland, ME2008 – Altered Ground, Connecticut Commission on Culture Gallery, Hartford, CT2008 – Artist’s Choice, Mulford Collectors Gallery, Rockland, ME2007 – Miniature Show, Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT2007 – Gallery Artists, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME2006 – The Constant Line, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME2006 – Group Show, Artspace, New Haven, CT2006 – Gallery Artists, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME2005 – New Work, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ2005 – Gallery Artists, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME2005 – Group Show, Artspace, New Haven, CT2004 – Small Wonders, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA2004 – Gallery Artists, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME2003 – Small Wonders, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA2003 – Gallery Artists, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME2002 – Selected Works, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockport, ME2002 – Small Wonders, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA2002 – Gallery Artists, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockport, ME2001 – Vision and Aspiration, Tremont Street Gallery, Boston, MA2001 – Small Wonders, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA2000 – New Work from New Harbor, Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT1999 – National Prize Show, Federal Reserve Gallery, Boston, MA1998 – Image and Verse, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA1998 – Paintings from New Harbor, Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT1996 – Natural Immersion, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA1993 – Selected Work, The X Gallery, Nantucket, MA1991 – Penn Prints: Thirty Years of Printmaking, Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA1990 – New Work, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA