Laura Leigh Creations
Laura L. Kapolchok
Please go to my contact page to inquire about a painting. For my products go to Zazzle.com or Fine Art America. Thank you
Born in Washington, DC
Lives & works in Easton, Maryland
Laura Leigh Kapolchok was born in Washington, D.C. and has lived in the Mid-Atlantic all her life. She started out drawing and painting abstracts in watercolor as a young girl and then learned the art of jewelry making using silver wire, beads and crystals and sold a large variety of handmade jewelry in shops and shows in Washington, DC, Silver Spring, and Ocean Pines, Maryland.
After relocating to Easton, Maryland seventeen years ago to live in a vibrant art community, she started out frequently selling her handmade jewelry to a few boutiques in Easton, Maryland and St. Michaels, Maryland. As time went on, she decided to change to other art mediums such as collage, after joining the Collage group at the Academy Art Museum and then she moved ahead to pastel and oil painting while taking classes at the Academy Art Museum. She currently is mentoring with Nancy Tankersley at Nancy’s Studio and School, as she continues to paint in oils.
She enjoys painting landscapes, flowers and still life’s and loves color. She is a studio painter and sells her work at local art shows.
Her collage work almost always tells a story. Many of them are large, and some have short poems written for them as well. She also likes to combine small crystals, wire and sometimes pastel into her collage work. Imagination is a key element in all her work.
She is a member of St. Michels Art League and Working Artist Forum and for many years has shown her work at the Labor Day Show in St. Michaels, MD, and The Waterfowl Show in Easton, Maryland and many past Academy of Art Museum Member Shows. She has also shown her work at the Church Alley Gallery in Easton, Maryland, Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, Maryland, the Easton Studio and School Holiday Shows, the Oxford Fine Arts Online Show, the Artists for Justice Show in Easton, MD, the 2020 Collaborative Painting to help raise money for people in the Easton Maryland area most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Portraits of Black Lives Lost, Dorchester Center for the Arts in Cambridge, MD. She also won the Susan Stewart award for best collage “Angel of Fortitude” at the 2014 Academy of Art Museum Member Exhibition.
Contact information: lauraleighcreations@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lauraleighcreations.com
Membership
Member of the Working Artist Forum (WAF) of Easton, Maryland
Member of the Saint Michaels Art League (SMAL) of St. Michaels, Maryland
Member of Fine Art America (selling artwork and other items on-line) https://fineartamerica.com/art/laura+kapolchok
I also have wine bags and tote bags for sale on
https://www.zazzle.com/c/art - My art is under Laura Leigh Creations
Awards
2014 - Susan Stewart Award for best collage - "Angel of Fortitude"
Current Exhibitions
2025 Tidewater Inn, 101 E Dover Street, Easton, MD
I will be exhibiting my work for the month of October 2025 at the Tidewater Inn in Easton Maryland in the Library room.
2025 TRA Gallery - Talbot Arts
(A new gallery for independent artists)
41 East Dover Street, Easton, Maryland
Across from the Avalon Theater
I will be exhibiting my work for the month of March, 2025. My work will be in the TRA Gallery until Sunday, March 23rd. I will be in the gallery Thursday through Saturday 11am to 4 pm and Sunday 11am until 3 pm.
Past Exhibitions
2014 Academy Art Museum Members Exhibition
Easton, Maryland
2016 Academy Art Museum Members Exhibition
Easton, Maryland
2016 Quiet Waters Park, "The Renaissance Four" Crabtree, Kapolchok, Tepper and Walpole,August 31st - October 9th, 2016
600 Quiet Waters Park Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21403.
2017 "Studio Show and Sale" June 3rd at the
Academy Art Museum
106 South Street, Easton, Maryland
2017 September 4, 2017 Academy Art Museum Members Exhibition
Easton, Maryland "Visit of the Angel Owls"
2017 Ocean Pines Farmers Market - September 23, 2017
White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, Maryland, 21811.
2017 Ocean Pines Farmers Market - October 28, 2017
White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, Maryland, 21811. The market opens at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 1:00 p.m. I was a Drop in Vendor at this market
2018 Easton Studio & School - December 2018
December Art Exhibit
2020 Oxford Virtual Fine Arts Show - May 16 & 17 2020
The show is open to the public online Saturday, May 16th (12a.m. - 11:59 p.m.) and Sunday, May 17th (12 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
The Oxford Community Center is located at 200 Oxford Road, Oxford, Maryland 21654, the phone number to the Oxford Community Center is 401 226-5904. For more information go to https://oxfordcc.org/
2020 Artists for Justice Show - July 4th, 2020
Artists for Justice Honor Black Lives Lost on 4th
of July 2020 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A group of 23 artists, who live or work in Easton, Maryland, will have an art show along the fence at 11South Aurora Street. Each artist will
portray a chosen African American who has unjustly
lost his or her life because of systemic racism in the
U.S. The show will hang on the fence from 10 a.m.-4
p.m. and all are invited to respectfully view from the
sidewalk during those hours. The works are not for
sale, but the artists hope that the impact from the
display will serve to send a collective message that
we, as a nation, still have much to do to improve our
democracy for all of its citizens.
2020 - Collaborative Painting to Raise money for people in the Easton, Maryland area most affected by Covid-19 pandemic
Some local artists have created a group painting, the sale of which they that hope will raise money for people in our area most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Titled “Coming Together” the collaborative painting depicts a kitchen worker at the Bartlett Pear Inn in Easton, Maryland. In this case the model was a Honduran native named Armando.
2020 - "Portraits of Black Lives Lost” - September 4 - 26. 2020
an exhibition by Artists for Justice,
organized by Eastern Shore artist, Nancy Tankersley.
2021 Oxford Virtual Fine Arts Show - May 16 & 17 2021
The show is open to the public online Saturday, May 16th (10a.m. - 5p.m.) and Sunday, May 17th (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
The Oxford Community Center is located at 200 Oxford Road, Oxford, Maryland 21654, the phone number to the Oxford Community Center is 401 226-5904. For more information go to https://oxfordcc.org/
2021 Labor Day Weekend Art Show and Sale in St. Michaels, Maryland at St. Luke's United Methodist Church
located at 304 S. Talbot Street in St. Michaels, Maryland. The show will be Saturday, Sept. 4th, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 5th from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The St. Michaels Art League website is (smartleague.org).
2021 Annual Members' Exhibition Academy Art Museum - November 19 - December 16, 2021
2022 Working Artist Forum - "Small Gift of Art" - December 1, 2021 to January 29, 2022
The exhibit is at the Talbot Country Free Library, located at 100 W Dover Street, Easton, Maryland 21601
2022 - St. Michaels Art League Rotating Exhibit at the Blue Crab Coffee Shop - January 12, 2022 to February 5, 2022
The Blue Crab is located at 102 Fremont Street in St. Michaels Maryland
2022 - Columbia Art Center “Space, Shapes, Scapes”
May 6-29, 2022
6100 Foreland Garth Columbia, MD 21045 https://columbiaarts.org//gallery
2022 - St. Michaels Library "Banner Show" April 1, 2022
106 North Fremont Street, St. Michaels, Maryland
https://librarytechnology.org/library/19162
2022 - Blue Crab Coffee Shop "Banner Show" May1-31, 2022
102 North Fremont Street, St. Michaels, Maryland
https://www.stmichaelsmd.org/list/member/the-blue-crab-400
2022 - St. Michaels Art League "Labor Day Show and Sale" September 3-4, 2022
S. Talbot Street in St. Michaels, Maryland. The show will be Saturday, Sept. 3rd, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 4th from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The St. Michaels Art League website is (smartleague.org).
Previously my work has been shown at the Church Alley Gallery in Easton, Maryland
2022 - Working Artist Forum "Going Downy Oshun, Hun" September 2 - October 1, 2022, Ocean City Center for the Arts, Thaler Gallery
2022 - Annual Waterfowl Festival. Easton, Maryland. Working Artist Forum, Christ Church Fellowship Hall, November 10-13, 2022
111 S. Harrison Street, Easton, Maryland (Premier night is Thursday November 10th from 6-8 p.m.)
2022 Academy Art Museum Members Exhibition
Easton, Maryland November 18 - December 7, 2022
December, 2022 Holiday Open House and Show, Nancy Tankersley's Studio
11 S. Aurora Street, Easton, MD
December 9th and 10th
2023 St. Michaels Art League "Labor Day Show and Sale", Saturday, September 2nd from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, September 3rd, from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
S. Talbot Street in St. Michaels, Maryland. For more information visit https://smartleague.org
2023 St. Michaels Art League "2023 Banners"
My banner is called "Dancing with my Junebug." The banner will be for sale at the 2023 "Labor Day Show and Sale" in St. Michaels, MD.
2023 Working Artist Forum's Waterfowl Exhibition
2024 St. Michaels Art League "2024 Banners"
My banner is called "Mother's Day Outing." The banner will be for sale at the 2024 "Labor Day Show and Sale" in St. Michaels, MD.
2024 St. Michaels Art League "Labor Day Show and Sale", Saturday, August 31 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, September 1st, from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
S. Talbot Street in St. Michaels, Maryland. For more information visit https://smartleague.org
2024 YMCA St. Michaels Art Exhibit
November 1-30, 2024
300 Seymour Avenue
St. Michaels MD 21663
(410) 745-5963
2024 Working Artist Forum's Waterfowl Exhibition
November 7-10, 2024
Christ Church Fellowship Hall
111 S. Harrison St.
Easton, Maryland