Artist Biography

Louisa Lorenz was raised in California’s Central Valley around farming and agriculture. Growing up in an artistic household, she was engaged in the arts throughout her youth. She began painting murals in high school to pay her way through college. Louisa graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho in 2022, where she studied painting under nationally recognized artist, Leon Parson. Louisa is enjoying her ongoing experimentation with oil paints to continue finding and “becoming more me”. Currently, she is found painting outdoors from life, in and around Roy, Utah where she now resides with her sweet husband.

Select Shows, Competitions, Honors & Awards

2025

Oil Painters of America (OPA) 34th National Juried Exhibition

American Impressionist Society (AIS) 26th Annual National Juried Exhibition

Plein Air Salon (March) – Best Still Life

American Impressionist Society (AIS) 9th Annual Small Works Showcase – Honorable Mention

Plein Air Easton

Carmel Plein Air

Pacific Northwest Plein Air in the Columbia River Gorge

2023-25, Art at the Park Show

2024

Southwest Art Magazine – 21 Under 31: Young Artists to Watch, 2024

Oil Painters of America (OPA), Western Regional Exhibition

Spring City Plein Air – Best Body of Work & Purchase Award

American Impressionist Society (AIS) 8th Annual Small Works Showcase

American Impressionist Society (AIS) 4th Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition

Wasatch Plein Air Paradise – 1st Place (Studio), 3rd Place & Purchase Award (Paint Out), Honorable Mention (Plein Air)

Driggs Plein Air – 1st Place Paint Out

American Impressionist Society (AIS) 4th Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition – Honorable Mention

Helper Plein Air – 2nd Place

2023

Rites of Passage: 19th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibit – Manifest Gallery

Spring City Plein Air – Honorable Mention & Purchase Award

Capitola Plein Air – 2nd Place

Holladay Plein Air – 1st Place

Heirloom Gallery – Featured Artist

Wasatch Plein Air Paradise – Honorable Mention

Vision of the Arts Fund – James C. Christensen Scholarship

Plein Air Paint Out – Springville Art Festival – 1st Place

For the Love of Nature – Intermountain Society Artists – 1st Place & 3rd Place

Bingham Arts Plein Air Paint Out – 1st Place

2022

Plein Air Paint Out – Springville Art Festival – 1st Place

Holladay Plein Air – 2nd Place

A Framework of Spirituality & World Religions – Eccles Art Center

2021

Certain Women Art Show: Reflections on a Mother in Heaven

Select Publications

Rising Stars: Meet Louisa Lorenz of Bountiful – VoyageUtah

Education

2022 – B.A. in Arts: Painting, Brigham Young University – Idaho

Mentors

Leon Parson – Painting, Brigham Young University – Idaho

Shae Warnick – Painting, Brigham Young University – Idaho

Brian Astle – Painting, Brigham Young University – Idaho

Chad Hunter – Murals, Manteca, CA