ljgrove about me

Welcome to my page about ME!
A few years ago, I moved from Central Texas to Portland Oregon and I'm loving it!
I enjoy living in new places and discovering different areas of the country.
I've lived in places as different as Florida and Hawaii to Texas and Oregon and have spent a lot of time traveling all over the US.

I have always loved the arts and can remember being pretty serious about working with my pastels and charcoals before age 10. At the University of Texas at Austin and at Texas Tech University, I studied photography, drawing, and sculpture. In the past 2 years, I have sold my art in all 50 states in the US, and in at least 17 countries across the globe! I would like to give a BIG THANK YOU! to all my customers and fellow artists who enjoy my art.

I try to find time to every day to work on original artworks whether it is drawing or painting or even experimenting with other mediums. Oil paintings and pencil drawings are my favorite mediums, however, once in a while, you might see me dabbling in watercolors or pen and ink.

I'm always looking for new and exciting ways to express myself as an artist, and my latest endeavor was to design a line of T-shirts to showcase my graphite drawings and paintings, as well as to offer some really WILD and FUN wearable art.

I sell my art and t-shirts in a few differnt places on the internet.
Click the Signs to Visit my Shops.

You will find my most up to date and complete collection of T-shirts right here on my website.

I belong to a wonderful group of artists on ebay: "Animal Loving Artists." For fun, we started having monthly and weekly challenges. Please check out my ebay auctions on the weekends where I provide a link to all of our group entries. We have a blast and always have a great collection of art to show off each week. I've won first place a few times with my entries, and here are the little awards that they made for me :-)

COMMENTS FROM BUYERS

"Laurie, they are beyond my expectations & SO VERY WONDERFUL!

Thank you, thank you, thank you so very very very much for all the care and feeling you put into them - it really shows! Of course I cried when I first saw the little one because you captured my sweet angel Mishka's beautiful eyes, face and expression so perfectly! I love looking at it more than anything and remembering all his sweetness, gentleness and love. Snowy Mishka is simply adorable and makes me laugh and smile and remember some of his best fun times! I'm so glad I asked you to do both and not just one or the other as each shows Mishka in an equally important and wonderful way. So again, from the depths of my heart, I thank you."

"Yipeee! I opened the box with the Snow Leopard today! As great as it looked in the photo, it just blew me away in person! Honest - it just took my breath away!!! You must have been just beaming with pride and delight as you completed it to see what a beautiful thing you created. It's a great honor to have such a magnificent painting and even more special that it came from you. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! Thank you, my friend!

"I just received your painting and I LOVE it. The colors are so much more vibrant than pictured and I love all the detail. Very happy customer here! You are a VERY talented artist and I have never seen any artist capture the joy of one of life's most simple pleasures: our best friend's little feet. It'll be a loved part of our home forever!"

"Absolutely Beautiful!!! When I first came upon your work via eBay, I knew you were the artist to paint our beloved pet. But you have far exceeded my expectations!!! I love all your work...your style is unique and wonderful! These paintings are truly some of your finest work! You are a remarkably talented artist! I SMILE every time I look at them!!!!!!!! You have absolutely captured his spirit in your paintings!!! The eyes speak to me! We will never be able to thank you enough for what you have done for us.....THANK YOU for everything!!!"

"This is SPECTACULAR! I love love love it!!! You really did an amazing job and I envy your talent. It was truly a pleasure working with you and look forward to doing more business in the future."