Laurie Lipton

La Luz, 2011. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 88.5 x 62 cm.

The Knitter of Bones, 2011.  Charcoal and pencil on paper, 71 x 99 cm.

Pandora's Box, 2011. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 99 x 71 cm.

The Umpteenth, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 40 x 58 cm.

Bone China, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 55 x 58 cm.

Terminus, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 57.2 x 76 cm.

Santa Muerte, 2010. Charcoal an pencil on paper, 82 x 57 cm.

The Death Tarot Card, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 91.5 x 61 cm.

The Fates, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 90 x 74 cm.

Surveillance, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 71 x 99 cm.

Recycling, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 64.5 x 99.5 cm.

The Organ Grinder, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 131 x 96 cm.

Off Spring, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 51 x 62 cm.

Nut Cracker, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 58 x 77.5 cm.

Info Glut, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 55.5 x 58 cm.

Flying Machine, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 89 x 11 cm.

The Self-Destruct Button, 2010.  Charcoal and pencil on paper, 70.5 x 99 cm.

Steampunk Pocket Watch, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 92 x 71.6 cm.

Permanent, 2009. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 133.5 x 59 cm.

Perambulator, 2009. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 67.2 x 99.5 cm.

Motoring, 2009. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 74.5 x 100 cm.

Effluence, 2009. Charcoal on paper, 87 x 109 cm.

Communication, 2009. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 67 x 98 cm.

The Dead Factory, 2009. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 83 x 132 cm.

Reality TV, 2009. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 82 x 104 cm.

Manufacture, 2009. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 94 x 128 cm.

Queen of Bones, 2009. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 78 x 131 cm.

The Garden of Earthly Delights, 2009. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 96 x 105 cm.

Time Travel, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 

The Dead Class, 2008, Pencil on paper, 42 x 74 cm.

Tete a Tete, 2008. Charcoal on paper, 70.5 x 47 cm.

The Sweets Seller, 2008.  Pecil on paper, 61 x 91 cm.

Reunion, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 55 x 63 cm.

Resurgam, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 80 x 61 cm.

Post Mortem Mummy, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 79 x 49 cm.

On, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 128 x 93 cm.

Off, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 124 x 94 cm.

Maskers 2, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 40 x 53 cm.

Mask, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 86 x 59.5 cm.

Death of Romance, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 55 x 61.5 cm.

Abduction, 2008. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 79 x 70 cm.

Midnight Commuters, 2007. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 64 x 89.5 cm.

Family Remains, 2007. Pencil on paper, 56 x 39 cm.

Delusion Dwellers, 2007. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 97.3 x 123 cm.

Dance Hall of the Corpse Couples, 2007. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 84 x 75 cm.

Close Circuit, 2007. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 170 x 130 cm.

Amor Eterno, 2007. Pencil on paper, 97 x 54.5 cm.

Weapons of Mass Delusions, 2006. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 130 x 87 cm.

Watching, 2006. Charcoal and pencil on paper, doors open, 133 x 204 cm.

Prime Time, 2006. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 67 x 59 cm.

Monday Morning (with doord closed), 2006. Charcoal and pencil on paper, doord closed, 68.5 x 97 cm

The Last Embrace, 2005. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 51 x 59 cm.

The Last Dance, 2005. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 53 x 40 cm.

The Four Horsemen, 2005. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 98 x 74 cm.

Madonna of the Sacred Bones, 2005. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 179 x 54 cm.

La huesera, 2005. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 106 x 87 cm.

La Catrina, 2005. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 36.5 x 23.5 cm.

Haunting, 2005. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 50 x 36 cm.

Haunted Dolls House, 2005. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 138 x 200 cm.

Family Reunion, 2005. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 66 x 97 cm.

Death and Maiden, 2005. Pencil on paper, 43 x 34 cm.

Los Paragueros, 2004. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 78 x 100 cm.

Lady Death, 2004. Pencil on paper, 58 x 43 cm.

The Swing, 2003. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 74 x 47 cm.

Hung Up and Over, 2003. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 46 x 37 cm.

The Hag's Embrace, 2003. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 99 x 127 cm.

Love Bite, 2002. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 137 x  96 cm.

The Self-Destructive, 2001. Pencil on paper, 63 x 78 cm.

The Three Fates, 1997. Pencil on paper, 146 x 93 cm.

Stranger in the Woods, 1992. Pencil on paper, 98 x 69 cm.

Mirror Mirror, 2002. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 70 x 50 cm.

Last Night I dreamt i Murdered, 1980. Pencil on paper, 63.5 x 91 cm.

Bone China, 2010. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 55 x 58 cm.

Amor Eterno, 2007. Pencil on paper, 97 x 54.5 cm.

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 (with honours). She has lived in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France and has made her home in London since 1986. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the USA.

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.”

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