Collection: Laura McGowan

Laura McGowan is an oil painter living and working on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. She has been interested in various artistic pursuits since her childhood in New Jersey. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute, and her first career was in interior and graphic design, in New York and London. In 1994, Laura moved to Onancock, VA and became a teacher, working with children from ages 4-13 and introducing them to many art styles, media and a love of creating.
Seeking to reconnect with making her own art, Laura began to study oil painting, taking lessons from Carole Boggemann Peirson. Laura left teaching in 2016 to become a full-time artist. She shows her work at the Ellen Moore Gallery on the Eastern Shore, and at Design Domaine Gallery in Spring Lake, New Jersey, as well as the Peninsula Gallery in Lewes, Delaware. She has participated in art shows and festivals in Virginia, Maryland and Philadelphia.
Laura paints landscapes, seascapes and still lifes, capturing the beauty of nature and light. She combines studio work with plein air painting, and has won awards in the Paint Onancock Plein Air event, the VES Land Trust’s Paint the Shore event, and at the Oxford Community Center Art Show.