Laura Shubert '82

Laura Lacambra Shubert ‘82, daughter of a Basque father and American mother, grew up in Florida and Spain and chose art as a career at an early age. Beginning in sixth grade, Laura had a strong desire to be an artist and took classes in art throughout high school. Her first art teacher at Trinity Prep was Mrs. Sauer, who had her students paint copies of old masters and impressionist paintings. After Mrs. Sauer, Mr. Dishman taught art and was also a professional artist outside of school. Along with art classes at Trinity Prep, Laura studied at the Art Workshop in Winter Park and showed in the annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, where she won several awards.

She studied painting, drawing, and printmaking at Southern Methodist University, where she received her B.F.A. in 1986. After studying painting at Academie Port Royal in Paris for a year, she returned to the United States, where she began exhibiting in solo and group shows across the country. In 2000 she was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London (founded in 1754).

Laura began painting professionally in 1994 and had her first gallery show in Winter Park. Soon afterwards, she signed on to a gallery in Jacksonville, followed by one in Seattle, then Cincinnati. Upon induction in the Arts Hall of Fame, Laura had shows in six galleries. Her work has been shown and collected internationally and can be found in private and corporate collections in the United States and abroad. Publications include Art and Antiques, Art Collector Magazine, House Beautiful, Coastal Living, Florida Design, The Sanford Herald, Winter Park Magazine, San Marco Magazine, The Legacy; The Birmingham News, and Orlando Arts.