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2015 SHOW SCHEDULE

May 28, 2015 //

Several of you have requested that I post my 2015 show schedule. Here is how it now stands:

MAY 30; Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

JUNE 6: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

JUNE 20: Newport Strawberry Festival, Newport RI

JULY 11 and 12: Wickford Art Festival, Wickford, RI

JULY 18 AND 19: Warren Art Festival, Warren, RI

AUGUST 1: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

AUGUST 8: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

AUGUAST 15: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

AUGUST 22 AND 23: Art Fair at Langworthy Vinyards, Westerly, RI

AUGUST 29: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

SEPTEMBER 12: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

SEPTEMBER 19: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

SEPTEMBER 26: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

OCTOBER 10, 11, AND 12: Scituate Art Festival, Scituate, RI

OCTOBER 17: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

OCTOBER 31: Providence Artisan’s Market, Lippett Park, Hope Street, Providence, RI

NOTE: I will also have work on view at the Green Marble Coffee Shop in Stonington, CT through the month of June; at the Yellow House in Stonington, CT, through the months of July and December; and will be featured arist at the Artist’s Cooperative Galery (ACGOW) in Westerly, RI for the Month of August.

HOLIDAY MARKETS YET TO BE SCHEDULED. STAY TUNED AND THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

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What to do While You Wait for the Grass to Grow

April 19, 2015 //

Back at the turn of this new century, I made a big series of large works on canvas that incorporated metal washers. For me, they have passed the test of time so I decided to miniaturize the concept and incorporate my current resin-coated works on wood panel – some with pressed plants and – gasp – some without.

I’ll be showing these this season in a number of venues including the Artist’s Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, the Memorial Day weekend VIRTU Art Festival in Westerly, the Providence Artisan’s Market at Lippett Park, and later in the season at the Wickford Art Festival, the Warren Art Festival, the Strawberry Festival in Newport and more. I also have month-long exhibits scheduled at the Green Marble Coffee Shop in Mystic in June and at the Yellow House Coffee Shop in Stonington in July. Hoping to see lots of old friends.

Tags abstract art, botanical art, collage, lois lawrence, miniiature art, mixed-media, pressed botanicals, providence artist, resin coating, stonington artist, stonington garden, westerly artist

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Warm Colors to Remind us that Summer’s On the Way

February 26, 2015 //

This little interpretation of a Florida salt marsh is 4th in line for its first coat of shiny resin. Temperatures in New England have been at record lows so I’m holding back on the finishing steps of my collage series until Mother Nature gets with the program. Resin likes a nice warm room in which to cure. Meanwhile I just got my first aookication for a spring show out in the mail so will keep plenty of work in the pipeline.

This piece measures just 4″ x 6″ Making small pieces is one way of keeping my work affordable but I’m always open to making a bigger version of any miniature.

Tags abstract art, abstract botanical, affordable art, botanical art, botanical art. botanical collage, botanical artist, botanical collage, botanicals, collage, etsy, floral art, stonington ct

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Almost Fresh out of Ferns but Not Ideas

January 2, 2015 //

I just finished a small custom piece that included a “palm tree” made from simple ferns and sensitive ferns so took the opportunity to take inventory. Fresh out of Mexican Feathergrass but off to Florida in a few weeks where I will hunt and gather them. For ferns I may have to resort to an off-season visit to my favorite nursery. I see Japanese painted ferns in my future.

Meanwhile I received a shiny new photography tent which makes it possible for me to end my long battle with glare when photographing my resin peices. Hopefully this means I’ll be putting more of them into my Etsy shop.

Tags abstract art, abstract botanicals, affordable art, botanical art, botanicals, lois lawrence, miniature art, pessed botanicals, pressed flowers, resin art

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Summer on the Salt Marsh

August 11, 2014 //

This is typical of scenes I pass by every day in and around my home town of Stonington, Connecticut. As summer goes into its third act, I wanted to spend some time celebrating the sea and the shore. This little piece is just 4″ x 6″. My next piece will be a night scene looking across the Caribbean at the lights of villas and boats on a tiny island.

I’ve been busy perfecting my technique applying resin, graduating to a full-sized propane torch for bursting the tiny bubbles that form in the mixed resin and need a little help rising to the surface. I started out using my husband’s little kitchen torch meant only for crisping creme brulee, but sadly, too much handling with sticky resin-covered gloves quickly rendered it kaput. The good news is that I have become sufficiently adept at applying resin that I can work on up to six pieces in a session. Considering all the prep for any given session, this is a real time-saver.

Categories acrylic painting, art, botanical, botanical art, botanical collage, botanical painting, collage, Garden art, Uncategorized

Foam Flower Plant Has Better Leaves than Flowers

July 25, 2014 //

Foam flowers or Heuchera, are fuzzy little white stems that don’t make themselves particularly useful for purposes of floral composition. The leaves of this hardy plant, on the other hand, still look three-dimensional even when pressed flat. I love the depth of color around the veining and I especially love the asymmetrical and somewhat tattered look of the outer edges. I added some abstract ‘framing’ to this one with touches of sap green, cobalt blue and gold and I popped on a couple of dew drops for fun. The edges are painted in the same colors and style and the whole 5×5 piece is coated in three layers of glossy resin.

Tags botanical art, botanical collage, connecticut artist, foam flower, garden art, heuchera, huechera, lois, lois lawrence, stonington garden

Categories acrylic painting, art, botanical, botanical art, botanical collage, botanical painting, collage, Garden art, Gardening, mixed media, pressed botanicals, Uncategorized

Carnations Aren’t Just for Boutonnieres — They Make Great Butterflies Too!

March 14, 2014 //

My daughter, Emma and her boyfriend, Nick recently brought me some lovely flowers including some brightly colored carnations. I thought they were perfect for a trial run with my new microwave flower press — a gift from my other daughter, Shelley. The press yielded great results right out of the gate and will allow me to use more flowers in my work. ! I’m sure I will find inspiration for many designs with these pretty petals but this one was irresistible.

This piece is also a departure in that it combines computer graphics with acrylic painting for the background. I used a deep brownish yellow printed foreground to support painted grasses. The plants other than carnations are fern and ginkgo. As always, I varied the size of the fronds to create depth of field.

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Tags botanical art, botanical art. plant collage, butterflies, butterfly art, children's art, connecticut artist, decoratiing nursery, lois lawrence, nature art, nature paintings, stonington artist

Categories acrylic painting, art, botanical, botanical art, botanical collage, botanical painting, collage, Uncategorized

Something New for the New Year- Watercolor Backgrounds

December 29, 2013 //

Until now I’ve created backgrounds for my real pressed botanicals on computer. To compliment that body of work, I recently began adding a series of acrylic paintings with similar subjects.

My last two pieces combine both disciplines. Instead of computer graphics, I have created bacgrounds on original watercolors. So far, I’m having fun with the process. I popped these two into my Etsy shop tonight and will show them next week in Stonington at the Velvet Mill.

Tags abstract art, botanical art, botanical collage, connecticut artist, garden art, lois lawrence, mixed-media, stonington artist, stonington ct

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Getting the Show on the Road

December 12, 2013 //

It occurs to me that while I often make mention of projects in the works and talk about process, I have never posted a photo of an unfinished piece until now

Today I am working on a companion piece to the scented geranium and fig leaf pairing I posted earlier in the week.

I prefer to begin these paintings by blocking in the negative spaces. Although I did so in this case as well, my plan was to show the geranium, this time, in summer colors rather than in the soft tans it turns to in the pressing process. The variety in my garden is variegated with light yellow to white ruffled edges and I needed to see it on canvas before settling on a final background color. The dark raw umber that I chose after blocking in the leaf will serve well to bring out its contrasting colors.

As the work goes along, I will add layers of pigment gradually reducing the degree of transparency you see both in the background and foreground at this early stage. It seems fitting that the background be the color of the rich soil this plant grows in. When I turn my attention to the space left for the ginko leaf, the background color will now dictate the shades of chartreuse that I choose to represent the spring colors of that lovely tree.

Tags abstract painting, acrylic paintng, botanical art, how to paint leaves, lois lawerence, painting leaves, providence artist, still life, stonington connecticut

Categories acrylic painting, art, botanical, botanical art, botanical painting, Uncategorized

A Little Reality and a Little Fantasy

December 10, 2013 //

As winter sets in, I’m going back and forth between creating new graphics for my sizeable harvest of ivy, ginkgo, and dozens of other plants, and using those same leaves as inspiration for a new series of acrylic paintings that mirrors my pressed botanical compositions. I love the freedom of choosing color schemes and degree of detail in the paintngs. I’ll bring about ten of them to the Velvet Mill in Stonington on December 28 and January 4th. Hope to see some familiar faces there. Others will pop up on Etsy soon or on request.

Tags abstract art, azalea, botanical, botanical art, botanical collage, collage, connecticut artist, garden art

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