Website Redesign!

Yesterday I launched the redesign of www.lauramccabe.com. I think it looks really great and will really help visitors to learn more about me and my work.

Please go and check it out! I added a few new pieces as well and I hope to be updating again with new work in the coming months.
Also, thanks so much to Kjell Reigstad for helping with the redesign and building the site!

Happy Holiday Season!

I have been very much getting into the holiday spirit these past few weeks. I love this time of year, figuring out and making gifts for everyone! I have been working on a couple of seasonal sorts of things I wanted to share.
First, I did this drawing that I am calling "Neighborhood Tree."

It is kind of my take on a christmas tree if it were decorated with the buildings from my neighborhood.

I also made some new ornaments this year. I was pretty happy with these day and night ones:

And then I did a new version of the tree ones, similar to the ones I made last year:

I think they came out pretty well.

As always, of course, these items are all available in my Etsy shop.

"Black Friday" Etsy Sale

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving everyone! I'm giving in to the post-Thanksgiving consumerism that is Black Friday and am offering free shipping in the USA on everything in my Etsy shop from now until Sunday night. I'm also offering free worldwide shipping on all orders over $10.
Check it out: lauramccabe.etsy.com!

Governor's Island piece finished

I had my studio on Governor's Island until the beginning of October. I made good progress on this piece through that time, but I had to take it back home to finish it up. I finally got it done this past week.

The work was inspired by the historic yellow houses where my studio was housed. The island was a military base for a long time and families of officers lived in the house where I was working. I tried to let the environment of Governor's Island influence and inspire the imagery in my work there. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. Here is a detail of the moths:

These photos may not completely do the work justice. I am going to get a high res scan of it done soon. But the piece is about three feet tall so it may take a while for that to happen. I just wanted to get the finished product up for people to see.

New Drawing: "Caged"

Governor's Island Studio

I got the wonderful opportunity to have a studio in an old house on Governor's Island since the beginning of August. The space was given to the teaching artists at the Children's Museum of the Arts, where I work.

I've been super busy since August but I have tried really hard to get out to the island at least once a week to work in the studio. I am working on a couple larger pieces there that are inspired in various ways by Governor's Island.
Here is a detail of one of the works in progress:

I have the space until the beginning of October and I hope to make some real progress on the pieces I've started in the next couple of weeks. I'll update with more images of the work as it progresses.

Teeny Tiny Art Show #7 Opens Tonight!

I'm excited to once again to have my work in the Teeny Tiny Art Show at Three Graces Gallery in Portsmouth, NH.

The show opens tonight and runs through September 26th. You can also see all the work online in the Three Graces online store.