Jeffrey T. Larson (1962) was born in Two Harbors, MN and raised in the Minneapolis, MN area. Between 1980 and 1984, he studied under Richard Lack (1928-2009) at the prestigious Atelier Lack, also located in Minneapolis. At this time, the Atelier was one of the very few studio programs still existing in the world whose traditions and training methods reach back through Impressionism to the 18th-century French Academies. He deepened his knowledge with years of personal studies in museums across both America and abroad.
Jeffrey and his wife, Heidi met when he was head instructor and assistant director (1984-1986) at Atelier LeSuere.
In 1990, they bought and renovated an old school in northern Wisconsin near the shores of Lake Superior where they lived, worked and raised a family.
He has painted full-time since 1986. His work has won numerous first-place awards in both national and international fine art competitions, including the Grand Draper Prize by the Portrait Society of America, Art Renewal’s Center International Salon, and the American Artist’s national competition.
With over twenty-one-man exhibitions and work shown in multiple galleries around the nation, he has placed more than 750 works in private and public collections. In 2016, the Tweed Museum of Art exhibited his work with a twenty-five-year retrospective.
In 2016, Jeffrey and Heidi purchased St. Peter’s, a historic stone church in Duluth, MN and, along with their son Brock, renovated it and founded the Great Lakes Atelier of Fine Art, GLAFA).
In 2017, British filmmaker Joe Hawkins, in conjunction with East Oaks Studio, created an hour-long, Catalyst Award winning documentary featuring his life and artistic journey.
