Laura Jaen Art
@laurajaenart.bsky.social
"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." St. Francis of Assisi
July 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"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
July 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"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
July 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"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
July 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"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
July 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things." Albrecht Durer
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!
July 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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!
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." Maya Angelou
July 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"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
July 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"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
July 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"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
June 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"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
June 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"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
June 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"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.
June 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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
June 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"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
June 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"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
June 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." John Muir
"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
June 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"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
"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
June 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"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
June 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"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
"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
June 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"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
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
June 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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
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 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"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
"In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explode, and every sunset is different." John Steinbeck
June 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"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
May 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Your dream doesn't have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again." KT Witten
"Every artist was first an amateur." Ralph Waldo Emerson
May 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Every artist was first an amateur." Ralph Waldo Emerson