Laura grew up in PA Dutch farm country near the Appalachian trail. One of her favorite places to spend time was Hawk Mountain, a major migration fly way.

As a young adult she developed a love of the outdoors and spent time hiking and canoe tripping in Canada and Maine.

She did not begin painting until she was in her fifties having spent her work life as a social worker and family therapist.

After moving to the southwest, she began taking lessons from local artists as she developed her style with a focus on landscape painting in watercolor and oil.

As an avid hiker, many of her paintings illustrate the places she has hiked including Ireland, Peru, the Grand Canyon and Utah’s Bif 5.

She aspires to share the beauty, vivid color and peacefulness of being in nature within her paintings.