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Laura is an artist who works in realistic style depicting wildlife and the beauty and diversity of earth's natural habitats. Laura strives for her work to draw attention to the intimate detail and loving thought the Creator has put into His works. Imitation, after all, is the greatest form of flattery.
       Born in 1962 and raised in Nebraska, drawing, painting, sculpting and creating things using whatever be at hand ( wood, clay, stones, tile, eggs, etc ) fill Laura's earliest memories. Her early eggs, painted as a child, were completed using Testor's model paints and toothpicks.
        With no formal art training, Laura has established herself as a respected artist in her community and abroad.  She has participated in numerous regional art shows,  volunteered her talents and donated works to various organizations locally and abroad.
Laura currently works from her studio in Illinois and also works full-time as an RN, BSN, CMSRN.  She is married to her husband of fourty years, Josef.  They have two children and also grandchildren.
* Member of the Illinois Art League
* Member of the International Egg Art Guild
* Wildlife Conservation Society
*1980-Standard Blue, Omaha Nebraska Valentine Design Contest/First Place
*1986- U.S. Army V Corps Designer Crafts Contest/First Place
* 1994-The Nature Conservancy, Autumn in the Oak Woods Fall Festival
* 1995-Peoria Bluetown Festival
* 1995-Peoria Public Library "Wandering in the Wilderness" Exibit.
* 1996-Chinguapin Folk Music and Story Telling Festival, Exibit.
* 1997-Forest Park Nature Center , Peoria, IL. "Shop and Stroll WIldlife Art Show" Exibit.
* 2013-Robert Bateman Master Artist's Seminar-Holly Hock, B.C.
*2018-Belmont Shore Sidewalk  Chalk Art Contest, Long Beach, California
*2019-Kewanee Illinois Prairie Chicken Chalk Art Competition
*2019-Pekin Illinois Marigold Festival Chalk Walk
*2019-Omaha Midtown Crossing Chalk Art Festival
*2019-Peoria Illinois Big Picture Chalk Festival
*2019-Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest, Long Beach, California
*2019-Commisioned Pen & Ink, "THE OAR HILTON".
*2020-Pekin Marigold Festival, Featured Artist.
*2021-Quad Cities Chalk Art Festival, Rock Island, IL.
*2021-Prairie Chicken Festival, Kewanee, IL.
*2021-Blemont Shore Chalk Festival, Belmont Shore, CA.

Laura with Robert Bateman, Master Artist

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