Like Rabbits

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"Like Rabbits"

48".24"

hand detail

hair detail

Finally! I am at a place where I can say DONE (at least for now) I have learned a lot from working on this piece, one being: the Internet is cruel to tall and narrow pieces especially if they are of a light color pallet! If you are making work in part to show case on the Internet please keep this in mind!!!

The idea behind this piece is inspired by all the children born into broken families, myself included. This is a theme I have explored a lot through the use of rabbits ( here used a symbol of fertility) and broken hearts.

It's All Right In Front of You

"It's All Right In Front of You"

5".7"

face detail

This little piece is very dear to me. I was looking at an old doll my Grandmother made in the 50's that I always loved as a young girl and the face in this painting and that on the doll have almost identical characteristics. I wonder if it seeped in from my subconscious?

But that is not the main reason I love this painting so. Truthfully, I am not quite sure what is it exactly. I believe it's all the dualities going on, she is simultaneously affectionate and not, cute and a little erie and on and on...

When I first finished this piece she reminded me of the beloved Alice from Alice in Wonderland. I decided to really enforce this by giving her the iconic black bow, and I gave her baby the head of the white rabbit. I titled the piece "It's All Right In Front of You" because to me Alice really depicts the wanderer in all of us, with her head in the clouds dreaming, looking for something undefined. "It's all right in front of you" is an impossible statement because while it could be argued as true, particularly by quantum physicists ;) it seems inconceivable, and the harder Alice searches the "curiouser and curiouser" things become.

Speaking more specifically about the content of the piece, it all just really unfolded without a lot of intellectualizing. I think there can be many interpretations of it and that is what I love about art, the most important thing is each individual viewers experience and understanding.

EBSQ Patron's Choice Award!

"She Always Does This"

I have finished this little piece and I re-titled it: "She Always Does This". I decided to really push the concept to the edge, before I felt that it was a bit safe and not fully explored, I really wanted to portray the figure as so completely enraptured by her object of desire that she has taken on a level soul surrender. I entered this piece in www.ebsqart.com 's "Sinner's show" and it won the Patron's Choice Award!! I am so excited! Thank You!!!

New Art! New Website

"I just want to enjoy this a minute"

Oil on Masonite

5".7"

I have been working on my new website through www.otherpeoplespixels.com. It is not done yet but if you would like to see it as a work in progress please check it out! www.lauramuraco.com

Above is a new painting I just completed. I have been having a lot of fun doing a series of smaller paintings

Jonathan Levine Gallery

looking at the price list in the James Marshall Exhibit at the

Jonathan Levine Gallery

I recently went to my favorite gallery

( www.jonathanlevinegallery.com )for the Audrey Kawasaki and James Marshall show. I took little Bo with me, she is the girl I take care of 3 days a week. She really loved it, she kept talking about the Skeleton she saw in one of the pictures because it was a new word she learned. If you live in or near NYC definitely add Jonathan Levine Gallery to you list of activities. I love it because they always have stunning, cutting edge art, and they are so nice, one of the sellers even let Bo into her office to show her an impressive AJ Fosik Sculpture. One thing I am going to miss so much when I leave the city is having easy access to amazing art galleries like this.

I really admire Miss Kawasaki's work, particularly for her execution, her technique is brilliant because it is simultaneously very soft yet also carries a lot of depth. Love it!

Showing Bo the Skeletons in one of the Audrey Kawasaki pieces,Skeleton became the word of the day.

The Removal

This is a piece sprang from a sketch I did on my way home from Therapy actually. I have been bringing my sketchbook with me on the Train lately instead of a reading book and I have been catching some interesting images.

"The Removal"

5".7"

Teeny Tiny

This is a little 1.25" x 1.25" painting I did on a cut piece of stick. Sorry for the bad picture, my camera was no focusing very well on this tiny little painting. I will be adding this to my shop soon as a necklace. I am going to add a layer of resin for protection, depth and shine.

"Untitled"

1.25" x 1.25"