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Boston Globe, Landscape Painter

Boston Globe, Landscape Painter

St Paul's School, Concord, NH

 - Excerpt by Jana Brown

When Laura Clark '89 crossed paths with a Spanish archaeologist in Florence last year, her trained artist's eye told her immediately that she should try to capture the woman's image on one of her oil canvases. The result was more striking than Clark could have imagined and the portrait, named "Herminia" after its subject, caught the attention of the art world as well. 

Of the over 800 entries in the contest, Clark's portrait was one of 12 selected for on-site final judging at Boston's Park Plaza Hotel in early May. Much to her equal surprise and delight, Clark was rewarded with both the Draper Grand Prize and the People's Choice Award for "Herminia." Clark's work represents the first painting not only of a woman but also by a woman to win the Grand Prize.

Clark discovered her passion for art before her 12th birthday and continued to pursue her interest and talent through St. Paul's School (where she was also a decorated three-sport athlete), at the University of New Hampshire (as a studio art major), as a graphic designer just out of college, and as a student of Paul Ingbretson (in Manchester, NH) for three years. She also spent a year in Florence at the Charles Cecil Studios focusing her studies on portraiture and teaching landscape classes. 

Trained in the classical style, Clark's roots are based in the Boston School tradition with a strong European influence. Among the places she has exhibited her portraits, still life work, and landscapes are the Harvard Club (2004), the National Academic Artists Association (2002), and the St. Paul's School Alumni Show (1997).

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PRESS RELEASES
May 23, 2007
 
Northeast Health Foundation Hosts Tribute Dinner for Outgoing Chairman and M.D.; New Main Lobby Dedicated in Honor of Herbert Bistrong, M.D. 
 
(Beverly, MA) - The Northeast Health Foundation (NHF) hosted a private tribute dinner on Thursday, May 10 to honor outgoing Northeast Hospital Corporation Chairman Herbert Bistrong, M.D. The evening also included a pre-opening reception for Beverly Hospital’s new main lobby, which is dedicated in honor of Dr. Bistrong, emergency department and surgical waiting areas.
 
The reception celebrated the pre-opening of the new main lobby, emergency room and surgery waiting areas at Beverly Hospital. Major campaign donors were recognized during cocktail hour, which was followed by a tribute dinner for Dr. Bistrong. A commissioned portrait was unveiled and a parting gift was presented to Dr. & Mrs. Bistrong.
 
“Dr. Bistrong has been one of Northeast Hospitals’ most important figures,” says Michael Valentine, president of Northeast Health Foundation. “I am pleased to have the opportunity to thank him, and our generous donors, for their outstanding contributions to Northeast Hospitals.”
 
An internal medicine specialist, Dr. Bistrong co-founded The Medical Group practice in Beverly in 1970.  It has since grown to become the largest multi-specialty group practice in the area.  For more than three decades, he cared for the health and well being of the North Shore community as an active member of the internal medicine staff at Beverly Hospital.  Dr. Bistrong has been involved in the leadership of Beverly Hospital and Northeast Health System for nearly as long, serving in a variety of roles, from Chief of Medicine to Vice President and President of the Medical Staff to Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Northeast Hospital Corporation.
 
About Northeast Health FoundationNortheast Health Foundation is the fundraising arm of Northeast Health System, which is based in Beverly on Massachusetts’s North Shore. The Foundation works to build philanthropy for Beverly Hospital, Addison Gilbert Hospital, BayRidge Hospital, CAB Health & Recovery Services, and Health & Education Services, Inc. -- all not-for-profit affiliates of Northeast Health System.  For more information:  www.CareYouDeserve.org