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Buckhannon resident Laurie Goldstein-Warren paints realistic watercolors that have earned international acclaim.
‘I’m a PersonWho Never Says No’
How Laurie Goldstein Warren went from styling hair in upstate New York to become one of West Virginia’s most successful painters. written by taylor maple L aurie Goldstein Warren never went to art school. Content with her job as a hairstylist in upstate New York for years, she always enjoyed being creative, but good at gardening,” she says with a laugh. “And I had to find something to do.” After she joined the Seneca Trails Artists Guild and attended meetings to see what it was all about, things started clicking. “They kind of took me under their wings, because I hadn’t done art since high school,” Warren says. “That’s where I started learning, and then I just went from there. I painted every painting watercolors was never on her radar. More than two decades ago, when she met her now-husband and relocated to West Virginia to live with him, she felt it was time for a new hobby to go along with this new chapter in her life. “I don’t can fruits and vegetables. I’m not day—the key to anything is practice.” After all that practice and a few years
of trial and error—“I literally have a book of just rejections”—Warren has now solidified her place as a renowned local artist with global reach. Her watercolor paintings have been shown all over the U.S. and featured in shows in Canada, China, and Japan. She’s juried exhibitions, lending her expertise and judgment to other artists’ showcases, and now even has a jam-packed schedule of classes where novice painters go to her to learn.
50 wvl • fall 2020
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