Forever Family

Laura
Custom piece honoring the family. This is a very special piece I have been working on. Each piece is made of a mixed media paper. What looks like white scratches are actually words. Each heart represents a family member's birthday which has been hand sewn onto the purple background paper.…
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#Dreamer

Laura
Still A Dreamer Looking at myself, I still see the dreamer that I am. Those dreams have not faded away. They have become a part of myself, although they can twist, turn and grow. And change, definitely change. I think this will be a starting off place for a new…
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Hopeful Soul

Laura
Straight from the sketch book: Finally put the finishing touches on this one. I don't know why it took so long for me to decide on them. I kept playing around with different metal pieces and vintage buttons (from my grandmother). Lots of layers of paper and paint. Hopeful Soul.…
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B Creative

Laura
This is my newest creation straight from my art journal (or sketch book as I call it most of the time). I had an orange-red page for quite some time, not sure what I was going to do with it. I had spent about a month with a back that…
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I Must Have Flowers

Laura
Just finished with this page. I came around this quote today by Claude Monet and knew that it was the one to go with the page I started back on the 8th of this month (vastly different from the original quote I was going to use). I guess that's why…
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Admire It

Laura
[caption id="attachment_2587" align="aligncenter" width="508"] Admire It by Laura Nagaran[/caption]   I had gotten some vintage photos awhile ago and recently came across them again. Included in them was a photographer's proof sheet. I remembered that I wanted to make bookmarks out of them. But I decided to include some in…
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Color Study: White

Laura
I finished this mixed media piece the other day. I started it because (for some unknown reason) I was thinking of a teacher I had in college. She said that nothing is ever "just" white. White will have an undertone, whether it be cool or warm - look closely and…
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Cat And A Bird

Laura
Finished this paper collage tonight. I originally started out by thinking of collages to do so I could cut shapes, mainly hearts, and make cards out of them. Then I thought of other shapes to cut out and thought of a whole video to shoot. Instead, as I stuck paper…
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