About Mia Kaplan

Mia Kaplan‘s work is driven by her love for art as a visual journal.

Her inspirations come from the environment of southeastern Louisiana where she currently lives. Kaplan’s work explores different avenues including plein-air paintings, botanical illustrations, abstraction, and small and large scale sculpture.

Kaplan received a degree in Drawing and Printmaking from the Memphis College of Art, and has held residencies at Big Cat Press in Chicago, Louisiana Artworks in New Orleans and the New Orleans Botanical Gardens. An award-winning artist, her work can be found in permanent public and private collections all over the world.

She continues her studio practice in Lacombe, Louisiana.

Posts by Mia Kaplan

Reenactment, Personal Battle - Pyragraph

The Myth and the Mentor Navigating an uncut path through advice

By Mia Kaplan | April 13, 2015 |

Wanting to share is a key ingredient to being a great mentor, and wanting to listen is necessary of the apprentice.

How To Inventory Artwork

By Mia Kaplan | April 2, 2014 |

Archiving one’s work is a necessary component for sharing it in a larger context.

Beyond the Canvas: Making Your Work Accessible How my issues turned into a dress

By Mia Kaplan | March 25, 2014 |

Identifying your audience and making your work accessible is an important part of becoming a professional artist.

Gallerist vs. Artist: Will the Real Me Please Stand Up? What I learned about the art world by pretending to be a gallery director

By Mia Kaplan | January 6, 2014 |

It was like a dream…except that as an artist pretending to be a gallery director, you are not allowed to tell your clients that you’re an artist.

Why I Teach Young People to Draw

By Mia Kaplan | December 16, 2013 |

The first thing I teach young people is that if you dream, you can draw. Everyone can draw, and everyone should.