Cottage Light

Cottage Light, 9x12, L. Daniel © 2012, SOLD

This little cottage is one of several that remain from an early 1800's cotton plantation on St. Simons Island. When I arrived to paint at day's end, there was just a sliver of light on the cabin's end wall, leaving everything else dimly lit. It was a magical moment that I just happened to get in on. This painting was included in my show at the Anderson Gallery, where it sold before the opening reception! I was very pleased.  :) 


All paintings in the Anderson Gallery show can be viewed on my website.

Evening Pause and snapshots from the island

Evening Pause, 36 x 18, oil on canvas, L. Daniel © 2012

Available at the Anderson Gallery

This is another piece from my show that opened Friday night at the Anderson Fine Art Gallery in St. Simons Island, Georgia. It was a great party and a wonderful time with family and friends - both old and new! My heartfelt thanks go out to all of you who came! Thank you. For those of you on the opposite coast and sprinkled in between, please visit my website to see the complete body of work that is on display. 


And now I am enjoying a quiet Monday morning after several weeks of whirlwind activity! It is much needed rest if I do say so myself. :) Here is a glimpse...

Unloading paintings for the show after the long drive from Texas to Georgia... My husband is a packing genius, an "engineer of spaces" we like to say. There were also golf clubs, suitcases, and beach accoutrement squeezed in here (and we could still see through the back window! Amazing.)

A delicious week of painting with buddies from hither and yon...

Kelley, Mary, Kathy, Me, Carol

My fabulous workshop students and me... Here we are at the end of a long day of plein air painting and a mad dash to escape the rain! They are a great group of artists and we all had a blast! Thanks, guys!  

Mary Anderson and me... just before the opening reception

for my show at the Anderson Gallery on Friday night.

Thank you, Mary!

Dune Grass Beach - enlarged

Dune Grass Beach, 24 x 30, oil on canvas, L. Daniel © 2012

SOLD

This larger piece was inspired by a plein air study I did on Jekyll Island on the Georgia coast last year. The idea came full circle when this larger painting came back with me to the Golden Isles to be in my spring show that opens this weekend. The tall grasses bending in the sea breeze get me every time... and the clouds, of course.

Please check out my website for new work in my spring show at the Anderson Gallery in GA... opening this weekend: May 18, 6-8pm, 3309 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, GA

Window Box

Window Box, 18 x 18, oil on canvas, L. Daniel © 2012 - SOLD

Have I mentioned that I love flowers? Yes, I do... on the ground, in a bucket or out of a box... and this box was dripping with them. 

Please check out my website for new work in my spring show at the Anderson Gallery in GA... opening this weekend: May 18, 6-8pm, 3309 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, GA

Gladiolas on the Corner

Gladiolas on the Corner, 18 x 18, L. Daniel © 2012

SOLD

These fresh cut flowers for sale on the corner totally caught my eye. They made such a huge statement with their color and size and quantity, I couldn't drive by without stopping.  

Please check out my website for new work in my spring show at the Anderson Gallery in GA... opening this weekend: May 18, 6-8pm, 3309 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, GA

Fruits of the Garden & Upcoming Exhibit!

Fruits of the Garden, 12 x 12 each, 12 x 36 overall, 

oil on canvas, L. Daniel © 2012 - SOLD

This week is a big one for me. I will be teaching a 3-day plein air workshop and then having an art show opening. Both take place in St. Simons Island, GA where I have been for a couple of weeks already, plein air painting (posts to come soon) and visiting with friends and family. Always a great time...

If you live anywhere nearby, please stop by the artist reception this coming Friday night. I would love to see you! Here is the info: 

"Gardens By The Sea"

Paintings by Laurel Daniel

Anderson Fine Art Gallery

3309 Frederica Road

St. Simons Island, GA

Opening reception Friday, May 18, 2012, 6-8 pm

New Gallery and a Summer Show

Dune Grass, L. Daniel, 9 x 12

I am very pleased to announce that I have recently joined the Buchanan Gallery on Galveston Island! It's a wonderful gallery and a beautiful space, and I look forward to seeing what will come of this new relationship. In addition, I was invited to participate in the Summer Group Show featuring 9 gallery artists, and tomorrow (June 11) is the opening reception. If you are in Houston or anywhere near Galveston, please come by, I would love to see you!

"Summer Group Show"

Buchanan Gallery

220 25th Avenue (one block off The Strand)

Galveston Island, Texas

Opening Reception June 11, 6-9 pm

Show runs through July 9

Visit my website to view works in the Buchanan Gallery show. 

In addition to the Buchanan, my work will continue to be represented 

by the Davis Gallery in Austin, Texas and by the 

Anderson Fine Art Gallery in St. Simons Island, Georgia. 

That Summer Feeling

Beach Day, L. Daniel, 12 x 12

This piece and other new works of mine are currently on display in the annual summer show at the Davis Gallery here in Austin. "That Summer Feeling" features the gallery's family of artists, and it is my great delight to be part of it all. Below is the exhibit invitation - wish you could all stop by... and if you are in town, please do! (On display through August 28.)

Clockwise from the top left:

Christopher St. Leger, Laurel Daniel, David Leonard, Matthew Fuller

Plein Air Exhibition

Blankets of Color, L. Daniel, 12 x 16

Golden Banks, L. Daniel, 9 x 12

I am pleased to share that Plein Air Austin has a juried exhibit opening this weekend at Texas A&M University's Forsyth Galleries! This invitational show is a great opportunity for us, both individually and collectively. We have 22 members participating and each has two paintings included. Above are my two pieces that were juried in; and you can see the entire show by clicking HERE.

Opening reception is Friday night... if you are near, please join us!!

“Plein Air Exhibition”
Featuring the work of Plein Air Austin
June 4 - July 31
MSC Forsyth Center Galleries - Texas A&M University
110 N. Main Street, Bryan, Texas

Opening Reception
Friday, June 11, 6-8 pm

Many thanks to the staff and curators at the Forsyth Galleries and to Beryl Kerwick, our Exhibits Chairman, for her excellent work!

Dallas Show - Plein Air Southwest 2009

Lost Canyon, 16 x 12

If you live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, please come to one of the opening receptions this weekend for Plein Air Southwest 2009, the Outdoor Painters Society's annual juried show. It's at the Southwest Gallery in Dallas and includes an amazing group of paintings by some fabulous artists. I am very pleased to be a part of it all and hope to see some of you there!

Plein Air Southwest 2009

Friday, December 4th - Artist's Reception & Award Ceremony

Saturday, December 5th - Opening Reception & Artist Demonstrations

Southwest Gallery, 4500 Sigma Road, Dallas, TX, 800-272-9910

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(These four paintings of mine are in the exhibit,

and available to purchase through the gallery.)

Winter Light at the Creek, 12 x 16

Upper Falls, 12 x 12

Blue Barn, 12 x 12