Avian Botanicals

Birds Nest or Wild Carrot
Acrylic and ink on watercolor paper
8" x10"
2015
Aimee LaPorte

Partridge Berry
Acrylic and ink on watercolor paper
8" x10" 
2015
Aimee LaPorte

Pigeon berry or service berry
Acrylic and ink on watercolor paper
8" x10" 
2015
Aimee LaPorte

Animal Botanicals

Bearberry
Acrylic on watercolor paper
2.9" x 4"
2015
Aimee LaPorte

Fox Grapes
Acrylic on watercolor paper2.9" x 4"
2015
Aimee LaPorte

Gray Dogwood
Acrylic on watercolor paper2.9" x 4"
2015
Aimee LaPorte

Skunk Cabbage
Acrylic on watercolor paper2.9" x 4"
2015
Aimee LaPorte

Shadows

                   Cloud Breaks from Holy Smoke Road, Shaftsbury, VT  12" x 16" Acrylic on canvas 2015

“Light is shallow; darkness is infinitely deep. Light is always bounded, it has boundaries. Darkness has no boundaries, it is unbounded. Light comes and goes; darkness always is. When there is light you cannot see it. When light is not there you can see it. But it is always there; you cannot cause it. Light has a cause. You burn the fire, you put on wood. When the wood is finished the light will be gone. It is caused, hence it is an effect. But darkness is not caused by anything, it is not an effect. It is uncaused eternity.” 
― Osho

For my landscape paintings, I find myself looking for dramatic moments in nature. Epic moments with fleeting clouds, casting mile long shadows. Evening or early morning light that stretches shadows, these indicating the deepness in the darkness.

The Gratus Portrait Series.This portrait series borrows its name from the Latin word Gratus, meaning beloved, dear, pleasing or agreeable. The style of these miniatures is inspired by a series of colonial family portraits from the collection of the Bennington Museum. As time has gone on, these portraits have been inspired by historical figures and pop culture figures. I work from photographs and digital images. Please contact me if you would like a custom portrait. laporteorama@gmail.com

Currently on view...

The Wolf 

and Red Riding Hood

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper 2015

Evening Meadow, Bennington Vermont 

Acrylic on Canvas 2015

I am currently showing new work at Kevin's located at 27 Main St, North Bennington, VT. This work will be on view till the end of April 2015. I am showing an ongoing series of miniature portraits incorporating fairy tale and Halloween costumes as well as paintings featuring the beautiful local landscape, round-about Vermont. 

Bracken

  Bracken, The Cairn Terrier

      5"x7" Acrylic on Watercolor papee

 2014

A recently commissioned portrait. The Sandwich Range of New Hampshire is the backdrop.

Bennington Welcome Center, Artist of the Month

                                                         Fancy and the Moles 5"x7"
                                                        Acrylic on watercolor paper

                                              Early evening, Strohmaier Rd, Pownal VT 

                                                        Acrylic on panel, 8”x10”  2014

The Bennington Welcome Center is currently featuring “Taking Place,” a solo exhibition of work by Aimee LaPorte. October 29th - December 3rd 2014.
Please join us for refreshments on Friday, November 21 from 5:30 - 7:30pm for the exhibition reception and to meet the artist.

Aimee LaPorte is presenting a collection of landscape paintings and portraits. The Landscapes are inspired by the natural beauty of the Bennington area. Most of these paintings feature mountain vistas and cultivated land amidst epic and dramatic cloudscapes.  

The portraits are part of an ongoing series of paintings of companion animals. This series borrows its name from the Latin word “Gratus,” meaning beloved, dear, pleasing or agreeable. When she began the series in 2011, the style of her miniatures was inspired directly by a grouping of colonial familial portraits from the collection of the Bennington Museum. As time has gone on, these portraits have evolved in style and are quite customized to each subject depicted, from Victorian royalty to prominent or obscure historical figures. 

Dante

Dante,
 the handsome Chesapeake Bay Retriever, After Hans Memling's portrait of  Benedetto Portinari

8" x 10"

2014 Aimee LaPorte
Commissioned piece in a private collection

Clawd

                                                      Clawd recent commission 5"x7"
                                                        acrylic on watercolor paper

Give me liberty or give me death!

Recent commissioned work. Portraits of Patrick Henry 2012