Laura Muraco

New Art!

I just finished this little sweetheart and I love her like I cannot say. I felt totally relaxed when I was working on her I didn't have any expectation for how she would turn out and I think that always allows for really interesting things to take place. I don't know where her hairstyle came from. My subconscious let this one slip and I love her ghost kitty- that is another funny fluke that I ending up really enjoying.

I also recently did a logo for my friend Andrea who is opening a bakery! The name of her business is Sassy Red Velvet-very cute. I wish her loads of success.

I also finished some other paintings yesterday that I will post-after I eat breakfast-my favorite meal of the day. I am trying to put new things in my etsy shop but it is not working for some reason. has any one else been having trouble?

Thanks for stopping by :)

xo

Talk is cheap so here are some pics

I am so happy to be settling in my space again!  For the past two days I spent almost all day organizing!  It feels amazing! I think for the first time since we moved ( a year ago ) everything finally has a place! So now I feel that I can get back on track with all the things I was distracted from this summer.  The thing that inspired me to organize everything was this little painting! She measures 11x14.  She obviously not done yet but I am in love with her, she reminds me of Italy.  I will post pictures of her when she is finished.  Speaking of Italy I have been learning Italian lately--yeah that's right.  But I am a bit torn because I always wanted to speak French.  So I don't know if I should jump ship on the Italian and start learning French or if I should do Italian for two years and then take French b/c eventually I would love to learn both. I love Italy and I love the language and I can definitely see myself going back may times, but the thing is I would only be able to speak the language there for the most part.  Well actually my father in law is totally fluent so I could speak with him on the phone and when I see him. I don't know, I guess I am torn because I just think that French is the most beautiful language and I love French music and movies but I have already invested a lot of time into Italian, learning how to read it and pronounce it etc--basically it would be easier at this point.  Speaking of Frenchies I highly recommend Camille I listen to her CD La Sac de le Files on repeat--because it is AMAZING!

Oh and there is another thing going on in my life that I am VERY excited about.  My very talented friend is shooting a new film this spring and he asked me to be the lead female.  I cannot say how stoked I am to be a part of one of his films.  We worked together before and I loved the way the movie turned out.  He has a very sweet and mysterious style that always makes you want more.  I will ask him if he has a web site, if he dose I will post a link.  I am also so excited to be able to act!  Acting is such a deep passion for me-- it is a very powerful medium for storytelling.  Hopefully I will be doing a lot more work soon because the one thing about acting is that unlike painting you can't really do it by yourself.  So I have to start pounding the pavement and auditioning again.  Do you want to see my latest head-shot?  Tell me what you think. Do you like this one or.... this one.  This is the hardest thing about being an actor.  Is that you are the product that you must sell.  I guess that could be said of anything really.  But it is hard as a artist to sell anything let alone a head-shot. I know it is my preconceptions and insecurities but is just seems so corny.  Oh well, it's something I am going to have to get over if I ever want to do the art.  "If your gonna do the crime you gotta pay the time"

Oh by the way if anyone has any opinion as to which language I should undertake could you please give me your opinion.  And if you could through in a vote for which headshot you like that would be awesome too.  Well that is all for the moment -- Thank you for reading and have a good night :)

Au revoir,

Arrivederci,

Laura

Portraits

Recently I was asked if I do portraits, to which I excitedly answered yes!  When I was in high school, I remember asking my art teacher how to get a drawing to actually look like the person I am drawing and he said "well it is really difficult, few people actually can so don't stress over it." If there is one thing I hate, it is being told something is not possible so from that day on I obsessively spent the length of each class ( I had two art classes a day, and sometimes my free period) drawing portraits of people in my class.  I would sit in front of the mirror practicing drawing myself, I would draw people as they were drawing, or I would drag a friend in the the art room from the cafeteria and draw them.  Needless to say all my practice lead me to not only being able to capture people's likeness but I was able to do a drawn portrait in minutes.  Portraits are still one of my favorite things to do, I especially love the eyes because that is where you can really see someone's heart.  After I do a portrait of someone I feel like I have learned a lot about them.

As I have gone on through the years, I have developed my own style and it has really allowed me to stylize the final product.  I call these the "what you would look like if you were a Disney princess portraits"

This little set was commissioned by my lovely friend Deanna, we discussed colors and the feelings of the pieces that she wanted and she approved of the sketches and ...Wa-la!  I have to say these pictures do nothing for the real paintings, I am so thrilled with the way they turned out.  If anyone is interested in owning there very own portrait please feel free to contact me, you can convo me in my shop or email me Laumhug@yahoo.com :)

New Art

So I have been quite busy these past few days making a lot of beautiful art.  You have to excuse these pics they are so washed out but I was so excited about these I wanted to post them.  They will be in my shop soon so I will have better pics up then.

I learned somthing...

I learned something from my girls. I did this drawing at work the other day and when I finished it I couldn't stop staring at the girls in the back round.  They are so mesmerizing and organic.  I really just let them exist almost like they drew themselves.  When I let go of a final result I am trying to achieve beautiful things happen but I often doubt that thy are beautiful to anyone but me.  I was just struck by how much emotion and movement was captured in such a simple and non contrived little drawing.  I just hope that I have the courage to expose my less manicured little figures for the world to see because I can tell they are ready to come out.  I feel like I have a whole world of little people and things trapped in my hands waiting to come out.  It is a beautiful feeling. 

Don't Forget the Pigs

I thought that I would squeeze a painting in before work today and I am so glad I did!  I love these two!  As you can see I am not done yet but I thought I would put "Don't forget the Pigs" in at it's almost finished glory :)   

Lovie

 

                  I am sooo excited about my new painting!  It is not quite finished yet, I am not quite certain of what I am going to do with the background yet. This painting is named Lovie, I think my paintings name themselves because the perfect word always pops in my mind when I look at the finished (in this case almost finished) piece.

This is the first in a series I am dedicating to the beautiful animals who do so much for us and are often unappreciated and mistreated.  This is my way of saying thank you and I love you.

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