Michele Lauriat

Monday, July 1, 2013

Spot Pond Press Release

Local Artist, Michele Lauriat, will be showing oversized watercolor drawings in a solo exhibition at the Branch Gallery in North Adams, MA. The exhibition, Spot Pond, will include several drawings inspired by the Fells Woods conservation area.

“The drawings in this exhibition are inspired by current and childhood wanderings in a conservation area not far from where I live. As I child, I picked blueberries there with my father while hearing stories about his childhood adventures in the same woods. These days it is my nephew who explores the area with me. He fishes and catches crawfish while I draw. While we seek out the details of the day, we participate in a pattern that is too big for us to see.” –Michele Lauriat

Spot Pond opens July 25^th with a reception from 6 to 9pm, and closes on August 25th. The exhibition is just one of many events in DownStreet Art’s 2013 celebration (http://www.downstreetart.org/).

For more information about Michele’s work please visit her website: http://www.michelelauriat.com/

Or email her at michelelauriat@gmail.com

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

patterns, nature, and history

Many times my father has told me that his father used to ask him if he knew why they never saw Vermont license plates around here (Boston). “Because why would you leave paradise?” was the answer my grandfather would always provide. My father didn’t only tell me this story, he re-enacted it. On the rare occasion that we did see a Vermont plate in the Boston area the question would be his to pose. Like my father before me, I’d wait patiently for my grandfather’s response.

I never met my grandfather, but recalling this story makes me realize that the reverence for nature I inherited from my father, was likely inherited from his father.