Hopper Visiting Artist Lecture "Drawing" by internationally renowned artist Laurie Lipton

Announced on: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025

Thursday November 13, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in AYRES 120.

This event is free and open to the public.

Laurie Lipton was born in New York and began drawing at the age of four. She was the first person to graduate from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pennsylvania with a Fine Arts Degree in Drawing. For 36 years she lived and exhibited in various European countries before moving back to the USA. She currently resides in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and extensively throughout Europe and the USA.

Initially, Lipton was inspired by the religious paintings of the Flemish School. She tried to teach herself how to paint in the style of the 16th century Dutch Masters and failed. When traveling around Europe as a student, she began developing her very own peculiar drawing technique building up tone with thousands of fine cross-hatching lines like an egg tempera painting. "It's an insane way to draw", she says, "but the resulting detail and luminosity is worth the amount of effort. My drawings take longer to create than a painting of equal size and detail."

Join us for the lecture to find out more about her current artwork.

For additional information about the lecture or location (including people who need special accommodations or who have questions about physical access), please contact emacdonald1@csuchico.edu, 530-898-5331, in advance of the event.

This lecture is made possible by the generous support of David Hopper and Shari Maxson Hopper.