Laurie Stevens' Painting Journal » Mountain Trails Gallery http://www.lauriestevens.net/blog Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Statehood Ceremony http://www.lauriestevens.net/blog/statehood-ceremony-1890/ http://www.lauriestevens.net/blog/statehood-ceremony-1890/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:17:03 +0000 admin http://www.lauriestevens.net/blog/?p=197 One can only imagine that the Statehood Ceremonies as they came to be in the territories were very exciting – full of promise and hope – for most. This Sioux boy stands under an American Parade Flag, the kind that was used during Wyoming’s Statehood Celebration. His perspective, even as a young boy may have been a little different than those celebrating in the streets.

This painting is an oil, 18″ x 12″ and is available at Mountain Trails Gallery in Jackson.Statehood Ceremony 18x12 600px-blog

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I’ve done a few more lily pad paintings lately. I have to space them out as they’re so involved and intricate. They tend to make me a little crazy!

Anyway, I’m glad – after the fact – that I’ve done the lily pad paintings. They remind me of the times some of my lady friends and I took all the kids camping at the lake. The lily pad cove there was in a secluded place across the lake, ten minutes by kayak. I loved to go there by myself to reflect, and take pictures.

This painting, “Daydream Cove” is 20″ x 20″ and is at Mountain Trails Gallery in Jackson, WY. I am excited about my new relationship with them! I’m not on their web site yet, but will be.

]]> http://www.lauriestevens.net/blog/daydream-cove/feed/ 0 She Loves Their Stores http://www.lauriestevens.net/blog/she-loves-their-stores/ http://www.lauriestevens.net/blog/she-loves-their-stores/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:45:23 +0000 admin http://www.lauriestevens.net/blog/?p=186 One of my focuses as a painter is portraying the women of the west, as I feel their stories should be told. Originally I had intended to paint primarily my rancher friends and those hardy women that live close to the land. I keep coming back to the Native American women though, as I respect what I feel to be their spirituality and appreciation for the Circle of Life.

“She Loves Their Stories” tells of a visit by this wise woman’s magpie friends. Magpies are thought by many cultures to be messengers that can travel between the dark and the light,_She-Loves-Their-Stories-sm bringing word of other events and places. These magpies bring good news!

I have just started showing with Mountain Trails Gallery in Jackson, WY. and this painting is there. It is an oil, 24″ x 24″.

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