Laura Jaen Art

"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." St. Francis of Assisi

"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them." A.A. Milne

"Why shouldn't art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world." Pierre-Auguste Renoir

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." Les Brown

"What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things." Albrecht Durer

Thank you!

It's been a day of good email today. I found out one of the pieces I donated to RoCo 6x6 sold today and I was accepted to this year's Clemens and the Pen artist retreat with Community Arts of Elmira!

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"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." Maya Angelou

"Talent is just pursued interest." Bob Ross

"Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don't forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets..." Eric Carle

"You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul." George Bernard Shaw

"Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about un-becoming everything that isn't really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place." Paulo Coelho

"Sometimes you learn more from your mistakes than you do from your masterpieces." Bob Ross

People need art, joy, and community more than ever right now. Don't stop sharing your beauty and kindness with the world.

"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love, whether we call it friendship or family or romance, is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light." James Baldwin

"I'm going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life." Elsie de Wolfe

"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." John Muir

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"Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine." Magdalena Abakanowicz

I recognize that bookmark!

"We can't heal the world today but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness." Mary Davis

"As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near to the heart of the world as I can." John Muir

Rochester Contemporary Art Center Thousands of original artworks, made and donated by celebrities, international and local artists, designers, college students, youths, and YOU. Each artwork will be 6x6 square inches and signed only o...

roco6x6.org

"No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love." Edvard Munch

Stony Brook Lower Falls, 6x6, acrylic on wood panel

This painting is from my 50 New York Waterfalls collection features a waterfall from Stony Brook State Park in Dansville, NY. It is available to adopt through @roco137 current fundraiser online or in person.

Find it as number 1857

"Art is not always about pretty things. It's about who we are, what happened to us, and how our lives are affected." Elizabeth Broun

June 2025 Events Here’s what I have going on for the month of June. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Late Spring Member Show April 18th –...

Here's what I have going on for the month of June! Check out today's blog for more details. laurajaenart.com/june-2025-ev...

"In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explode, and every sunset is different." John Steinbeck

"Your dream doesn't have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again." KT Witten