Sketch of a person's side profile with long hair, drawn on graph paper.

Influenced by Antiquity

Creating in a modern world

with a little alchemy & the science of art

Laura’s been exploring art, the human experience through anatomical study, healing movement & art, and the expanding overlaps between these fields since 2008. Historical knowledge is more than fascinating; it’s a compass for higher education and human evolution. Loving research and Italy have allowed Laura to create a lens that lets her create her work and connect with others whose goals are to develop their craft and experiences.

A woman, Laura Bohon, with blonde hair tied back, smiling and laughing, standing outdoors near a stone railing with historic buildings in Florence, Italy and street lamps in the background, during daytime.

  • Laura is painter, drafts woman, educator, and system thinking artist
    with 18 years of experience to back up her work and research.

    The result of her work, explorations, and techniques is a deeply humanist approach that she aims to revitalize in her artwork, teaching, and client work.
    Using her skills to

    • Create Original Studio works

    • Educate

    • Lecture

    • Consulting, Discover, and Systemize experiences


  • Laura works with a combination

    • Studio Experience

    • Research

    • Space and Tools

    • Intuition and Creative Flow

    • Proven practice methods

  • Laura aspires to be part of the movement toward craft and intellectual growth rooted in experience and art. Collaborating with Laura can happen in a variety of ways

    • Teaching

    • Host a Course

    • Online Learning “digital studio visit”

    • Online/In-person Teacher Training for adult artists and educators

A woman, recent photo of Laura Bohon in Italy, with short hair and a patterned scarf around her neck, standing outdoors with a yellowish background and a building wall on the left.

Theory based origins

and a longing

to SEE

Laura studied in contemporary art schools as well as atelier-based academies. Some of those experiences were with Studio Arts Center International 2008, University of Tennessee Chattanooga 20010-2011, Florence Academy of Art 2012, and returning to FAA 2023-2025 for her Master’s in Studio Art.

During the interim years of her art studies, Laura earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and human movement science while living in Seattle, enjoying the Pacific Northwest’s natural environment. There she ran her movement studio business.

The integration of her observational studies in art and the figure is seamlessly related to her intuitive ability to see the body in motion and to utilize these skills for medicinal movement. These skills create an energetic awareness in the art studio curated to the work at hand.

A woman, Laura Bohon, at a graduation ceremony, in a red gown, shaking hands with a man in a tan blazer inside an art gallery. The woman is smiling, and the man is holding a red folder. Sculptures and framed artwork are visible in the background.

The Alchemy of it all ….

Laura is an artist with technical and research skills in teaching, training, and systems thinking

2026 Custum House Exhibitor , with American Women Artist , "Of Mark and Meaning" Show

2026 Custum House Exhibitor , with American Women Artist , "Of Mark and Meaning" Show

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

The Studio Works

Study with Laura

Collboration to create Space-Events-Consult-

UPCOMING EXPERIENCES
Pencil sketch of three human skulls arranged on a surface, with shading and detailed features.
Pencil sketch of a woman's face in profile, with detailed hair and facial features, on white paper.
Abstract painting of a gray wall with a small square structure featuring a circular element and a horizontal line, adjacent to a taller rectangular shape, with a green textured ground at the bottom.
Painting of a branch with green leaves and three orange fruits, set against a neutral background.
Painting of a red and yellow apple on a white surface with a dark background.
A pencil sketch of a woman with her hands resting on her forehead, standing nude with detailed shading on her body.
A detailed graphite pencil drawing of a woman with dark hair styled back, showing her face and neck in profile, on a light-colored background.
Painting of a blue vase with a red-orange spherical object on top, set against a muted background with a flower in the distance.
A pencil sketch of a young woman with shoulder-length hair, looking slightly to the side with a calm expression.

BIO

A pencil drawing by Laura Bohon, of a face looking upward with a hat on and with open eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth, on a white background.
Close-up of a Nike sneaker with white and gray colors on a textured black background.
A painting of a blue vase with a round, reddish-orange ball balanced on top, set against a soft, muted background.

Laura Bohon is an American figurative artist working at the intersection of classical technique and embodied perception. Through drawing and painting, she creates what she calls "a tactile archaeology of presence" and works that translate the quiet accumulation of sensory experience, memory, and research into a 2D visual form.

Trained in both contemporary and classical traditions, Laura combines rigorous observational practice with somatic awareness. After studying contemporary painting and drawing at ETSU and UTC, where she focused on phenomenology and color theory according to Josef Albers, she completed the drawing year of the Florence Academy of Art certificate program in 2012 and her Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology in 2021, She returned to Florence for the academy's Master of Arts program (2023-2025), During her time at FAA she was awarded the merit scholar scholarship in 2025.

Her work has been shaped by a decade-long investigation into the body's intelligence. As a former movement therapy practitioner, she ran a studio in Seattle. Laura studied under kinesiologist Marie José Bloom-Lawrence, professional dancer Jennifer Gianni, neuropoetic coach Casey-Marie Herdt, and movement specialist Sydney Craig. She developed programs based on research and her own theory for self-care of spinal and full-body well-being. She held teacher training and physiotherapist training for her research. This embodied training informs her artistic practice, not just as a conceptual addition, but as a Renaissance inheritance where observation and physical awareness converge.

Laura's paintings and drawings explore the threshold between inner and outer worlds, asking: What does awareness yield when we create from sustained attention? Working slowly, she allows each piece to become both record and witness of transformation—sensory, somatic, archetypal.

An associate member of Oil Painters of America, American Women Artists, and the College Arts Association of America, Laura continues to push her practice toward tangible, connective experiences with objects, spaces, and people. In her teaching and facilitation work, she brings playful curiosity to the creative process, emphasizing the expansive potential of slowness and the marvel of seeing.

Laura has been awarded the Merit Scholar Award at the Florence Academy 2025, as well as a Merit Scholar Award from the New York Academy of Art for their Master of Fine Arts Graduate program 2026 and 2027. And she recently exhibited with the Customs House Museum’s exhibition Of Mark and Meaning, Feb - April 2026.

Buy Works
A pencil sketch of a woman's face with light shading, focusing on the eyes, nose, and lips, with a large floppy hat around her head.
A detailed graphite pencil drawing of a woman with long hair, expressive eyes, and a warm smile, resting her head on her hand.

Commissions

A detailed pencil sketch of a young woman's face with long hair, looking slightly to the side.

Creating contemporary portraits that honor classical techniques

CREATE YOUR PORTRAIT
Close-up of a person drawing a detailed portrait of a face on a large sheet of paper taped to a wall, with a pencil in hand.

Study & Mentorship

Though teaching principles are part of Laura’s approach to learning, she blends those tools with intuitive and expressive forms to give the student their primary mode of operating with their tools.

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