Old Fashioned Rocketry July 20, 2009 2:26 pm 
Encaustic, Painting

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Old Fashioned Rocketry, encaustic and ink on panel, 5″ x 4″

Do you watch NASA TV? My husband streams it in his office so I get to pick up bits and pieces whenever I stop by. The broadcasts are sweet and earnest, astronauts and crew doing important work with gratitude and a touch of old fashioned gallantry.

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Superkitty, encaustic and ink on panel, 5″ x 4″

Superkitty is my alter ego. She’s like Hello Kitty but scruffier, older and over being cute.

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Spring Blade, encaustic and ink on panel, 5″ x 4″

We’ve had an extraordinary spring and summer here in Boulder, Colorado. Lots and lots of rain! It’s mid-July and everything’s still green. The world is light, precise and easy. I don’t remember summer ever feeling this way.

It’s an honor and a pleasure to announce a suite of ten new encaustic paintings hanging in the lobby at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. The concurrent exhibit in the main part of the museum, Pure Pleasure, is excellent, by the way. Definitely worth checking out. Admittance is free on Farmer’s Market days.

3 Comments »
Hylla Evans wrote July 23, 2009 @ 5:36 am

Laura,
These are stunning paintings and look far larger than the caption indicates. I’m loving this work you’re doing!

Laura wrote July 23, 2009 @ 11:39 am

Thank you, Hylla! (You know how to make my day.) As my dear friend Liz told me about her new puppy… she’s a big dog in a small dog’s body.

Andy wrote July 26, 2009 @ 12:30 am

I love rockets! And I love “Old Fashioned Rocketry”!!!

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