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I'm a painter, printmaker, and muralist who uses abstract forms to represent real concepts and emotions. (Which is a fancy way of saying "I love colors and shapes and making marks on stuff.")

Hey, I'm Laurie!

I paint possibility.

I’m not in the business of outcomes — it’s the threshold I’m drawn to. The quiet tension, the breath held, before that first step forward. A single moment that might change our lives forever.

Layer upon layer, I use color, gesture, and intuition to probe the emotions of transition: exhilaration and resistance, chaos and clarity. Some layers remain visible, others fade beneath the surface — buried histories that add depth and texture. This process mirrors the contrasting forces shaping our lives, resulting in compositions that withhold as much as they reveal.

My work invites you to stand at that edge — to sense both the seen and unseen, what is and what could be.

Laurie Smithwick

Some of My Recent Work

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