Laurie Kersey, of Pebble Beach, California, was born on January 26, 1961 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. She is known for her plein-air landscapes, Equestrian images and still life renditions.

Kersey began her art career at an early age including a long career of art shows at the young age of 13, accompanying her mother, a skilled watercolorist, to shows throughout Eastern Ohio. After graduating from high school she was awarded a full scholarship at the Chataugua Institute in Chataugua, New York. Her commercial art career began when she enrolled at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.

For several years she worked as a layout artist at Project Merchandising in Cleveland, and as a compreh...