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Art is about the every day

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JOB: Environmental artist
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Just finished reading all three of Julia Cameron's Artist Way books and have been sharing an on line blog with 19 women and we are now working with the Sound of Paper. I also have been dabbling in to REX RAY's book about collage works he's done. And headed into the book Art and Fear

I watch alot of movies, but grown out of the scary ones.


03/28/2008 06:58:57





I'm a Collage and papermaking artist. I also teach and demo's on Collage and papermaking. I do outdoor fairs and I'm building up the courage to start seeking galleries. But I'm doing pretty good with the little local cafe and artist guilds and leagues. I enjoy my walks in the woods for meditation in motions. I have 4 teens still living at home 2 in college and 2 soon to be. The Homestead is a busy place and loving every minute of it.
My website is at mochahost
My personal blog is blogger

What is your Teaching Philosophy?
My philosophy as an art instructor is to help student understand making art is a process and that through the process they will be exploring, experimenting, evolving and honing in on their own visual perspective of the world around them. I strongly feel art is about events happening in our every day lives and to capture that emotion, sound, color, taste, texture and perspective of your view is what becomes the artist's challenge, to seek and express. So I hope that I can inspire my students to do just that.

people who complain alot, are negetive and gossip.

Walking in the woods, resale shoppping, and hitting the dollar stores.


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From: Laura4
07/10/2008 15:14:13
At the two local art league's I belong to I have just been informed that I won a merit award for my piece called Summer's Edge and I won Best of Show for Collage Nude #1 and Sold Collage Nude #2.  So much abundance hard to breath... 


06/28/2008 22:28:57

Hey Laura!

Congratulations on your sale! That's terrific that you were able to settle on a price that was acceptable to both you and the buyer. I know what you mean about having a goal to sell work! Right now no one seems to be buying art these days.

Brett 



06/25/2008 09:30:19

Let me know how the sale of Nude #2 went. I'm curious about what final price was agreed upon as art is so difficult to price.

Brett 



From: Marilyn76
06/19/2008 09:44:48

Your work is beautiful!, I specially enjoyed your figures. Great work!

 

Marilyn



06/18/2008 08:42:27
Thanks, Laura! I've had a look at you collages and assemblages, they're wonderful! I enjoy work that is so different from my own. I have some collage artists as students - they would learn much from you.


From: karafree1
05/30/2008 16:11:29

Hey Laura I just went to your website I love your work....Tell me how do you do painted image transfers... I've been doing all these bird paintings some of them remind me slightly of yours only I don't use any images except those that I paint but I have all these images I want to transfer on to my canvas and don't know how....


I had so much fun, and so inspired by your site!


 


I am not a series painter.. I don't really know why this is.. I always say it's because I get bored with a subject and I keep movin on to the next thing that inspires me.... So I guess that's it... It's really hard for me to do commission work because usally the request is based on a previous painting that someone wants me to do again and I just can't do the same thing again.....and of course a lot of my stuff is abstract which makes it harder....


It seems that a lot of my work happens in the flow....so when the flow ends on that piece there just ain't no getting it back again on that...must flow on....


thanks for visiting my page and the friend request!


Kara



From: sketch
05/28/2008 12:32:04
Love, love, love youe use of color, text and subject matter. Thanks for sharing and the boost of inspiration.


From: Laura4
05/27/2008 07:39:30

For all that might be interested,


I'll be teaching a 2 day Compositional Collage Summer Workshop at LaGrange Art League, LaGrange IL.  Friday June 20th and Saturday June 21st, from 9:30-4:00 each day if interested and in the area see website for more details.  www.lagrangeartleague.org.


The first day will be about the paper, what do with the paper to prepare it for collage. Lots of good old fashion fun of experimenting with different tecniques and learning about image transfers. Second day we will work up to the main application of the use of a heat seal iron which is a wonderful way to apply the collage paper to uptain a smooth even surface and really get the papers to glue down. 


Pass the word around~



From: artfitz
05/16/2008 17:40:00

hi laura4


 i teach middle school art in va.  i would also like to start running some workshops for artists and for those who think they are "creativily" challenged....i will be doing a couple of workshops at our state art teacher convention in the fall.


i love working on murals...i have one in my house that is a nascar race track for my husband's basement.  he loves it.


 i will be completeing a 5 panel painting this summer also ,,,it is currently about half way finished.  ( teaching full time and taking classes got in the way, as well as i had an injured shoulder for 4 months.) doing much better now and school is out in about 5 weeks.


thanks for stopping by ...i reall y like how you use space in the collages.


artfitz (deb)



From: gbellucci
05/16/2008 10:26:31

Bellissimi quadri, Un saluto da Roma


Giuaeppe Bellucci





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