Laurie was raised in South Florida, graduated from
Clewiston High School
and attended
Columbus
College of Art & Design in Ohio, on a full
scholarship.
As a
mother of six, a breeder of Haflinger Horses, an art Instructor, a
portrait artist and nationally distributed illustrator, Laurie portrays
the beauty of creation and heart through her art.
Published
by Arts Uniq',
Inc. in Open and Limited Edition Lithographic prints;
Cards; Needlepoint Design; Calendars; Wearing Apparel
and multiple gift items; Laurie has produced designs for such companies as
Current, Inc;
Marion Heath;
Enesco;
Airwaves;
Peeking Needle Craft;
Roxbury Twain; Multnomah Books and
Home Interiors, Inc.
Subject
matter for recent images include gardens, botanicals and tropicals that
capture the southern landscape along with garden gates and pathways from
her travels.
A member
of the Atlanta Portrait Society and the
Portrait Society of
America, Laurie is actively painting portrait commissions and is
available for commissioned paintings of children, adults, corporate, and
pet portraits.
Her love of
children, animals and gardens is demonstrated in her many illustrations
and in a new series called "Garden Angels".
Listed in
"Who's Who in American Art", a few of her many Shows and
Art Festivals include Ann Arbor Stare Street
(MI); Chicago
Tribune;
Powers Crossroads (GA); Winter Park Art
Festival, Gasparilla (Tampa,
Fl);
Naples National; Naples;
Los Olos;
Under the Oaks (Vero, Fl);
Art in the
Park (Plantation, Fl); and many other art festivals, museum and
gallery shows.
AWARDS,
HONORS, PRESTIGIOUS ART SHOWS, GALLERIES