Guestbook
Saturday, December 03, 2011, Bea
Men here are not clean
Thursday, November 24, 2011, Chok Yong
I enjoyed your teaching very much, you have so much. Your physically beautiful and are talented too. I hope to meet you someday in person, Miss. Eklund. Thanks for the inspiration.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011, Robert Egan
Hi, I am one of your husbands students and wanted to see some of your poetry. Your paintings are awesome
Tuesday, July 19, 2011, Felicia Davis
All of your pieces are beautiful and unique in their own ways. You have got some insanely breathtaking talent. :)
Saturday, May 08, 2010, Stephanie Jordan
Laura,
I heard about the flood that happened back home, and your church...hope you are all okay. My prayers and love are with you, keep painting your visions.
your friend Steph
Saturday, May 01, 2010, Yanya
Laura, We haven't seen each other for a long time. From your painting and poem, I know you are doing very well. I am truly happy for you! I am completely amazed by your determination and passion for art. It is very inspiring!
Thursday, April 29, 2010, Daniel Peck
Hi Laura , I love your work . So colorful and vibrant. nice work
Monday, April 12, 2010, Steve
Laura,
I had been wanting to meet you for a long time. We were glad to have you here in Sarasota and look forward to your return. You are going to be famous someday....you have no idea how good you are. Congratulations to a very talented lady.
Monday, March 22, 2010, Janena
Laura-
you are so amazing. What a fine poet you are. I miss you. Call me,
Janena
Friday, February 26, 2010, Kajal Gaitonde
I really like your enthusiasm in the painting.
Saturday, February 06, 2010, George Eklund
Laura dear,
Your work continues to touch lives and change them. You continue to take me to new dimensions. Your new "proletarian" painting is striking and opens the way to yet another aesthetic layer. Bless you, my dear spouse. G.
Monday, January 11, 2010, Erik Nordstrom
Hi, Laura. Hope I run into you this semester. I'll see your stuff in Cali when I go in March. Hope to see you soon. Erik.
Friday, January 08, 2010, Sal Norris
Respect and prayers for a beautiful painted soul. Thanks for sharing.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010, Seda baghdasari
Hi Laura sorry I did not meet and greet with you in Florence - hope you had a great experience- please visit my webpage when you can... I will check your blog, best for 2010 seda
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, John
Really enjoyed the Hyde Park atmosphere of your place on Friday. Looking forward...
Saturday, November 07, 2009, Tylisha Tackett
Laura, as a child, you were one of my dearest friends as well as family members. Now as we are women, you are my valued companion and fellow artist. You are many things to many of us, mother, teacher, wife, friend, and confidant. Through all of the years, I am glad that we still remain as close as always. The one thing that will never change is our bond, and the thing that you most need to hear from me now is how proud I am of you. From the time I turned a cartwheel off your bed and wound up in the emergency room, the first skinned-up knee, the first kiss, all the times we snuck out of your house, all the tears and all the boyfriends. Our adolescent triumph. I am so happy for you as you embark on this great adventure to Italy. You are living your dreams, and they are coming true. The world is a better place with you in it...the world is lucky to have your beautiful loving soul. May God always bless you in your beautiful talent that you show to the world. Best friends always.
Sunday, November 01, 2009, joe sartor
Hi Laura, Your new brochure is wonderful, thanks for sharing! I was showing it to someone and telling them about your trip to Italy this summer, but was told that you and George are going to travel there next month. How do you maintain an air of calmness 'til then? Congratulations all over again; this exhibition achievment is too exciting for words. (I'm emailing you here because my last attempt to email your hotmail address failed permanently. Belated halloween greetings.
Joe
Sunday, September 27, 2009, Fotis Galanopoulos
Thanks....
I Have a Vision...
Fotis Galanopoulos
Saturday, September 19, 2009, Devon Jones
Hi Laura,
just thought I would say hi and that I like your work very much. When my new house is completed I would like some of your paintings on my walls. Please add me as a friend on Facebook. Thanks,
Devon Jones
Monday, August 17, 2009, rita cameron
Laura- Spoke with George this weekend in Louisville, Ky. He told me to check out your work and I thought I would say hello as well. Would like to see more of your work. I am a painter as well. Hope all is well and look forward to speaking with you. Rita
Saturday, August 08, 2009, Lynsey Roman
Hi Laura. Looks like you're very busy these days. I see your pretty face all over the internet these days. Tell your sis I said hello and send my an email girl! Your painting is phenomenal.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009, Rudy Ramirez
love ur work and use of colors.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009, maxine hendy
Lovely, colourful paintings!
Friday, July 03, 2009, Ana Bikic
Very nice art work Laura lovely palet of colours.
Love to see your art work in the Facebook Fan Page that I have made for the artistRegistry USA.
Love Ana
Sunday, April 05, 2009, Carol Fitzpatrick-Sims
I am taking your art class @ AIO, your work is awesome!
Friday, April 03, 2009, Robin Watt-Gorley
Hi Laura,
I am one of your husbands students, and I read his bio and saw he was married to a poet/artist. I am a poetic writer, and currently have 4 books published. I am looking forward to learning from your husband. You are an awesome artist, and I will be returning to your websites to see more of what you have and create. Please feel free to stop by my website at www.alifetimeofwords.com and please sign my guestbook while you are there.
Sunday, March 01, 2009, Stephanie Wells
these are awesome!!!!
Friday, February 20, 2009, Chad Eklund
Your talent is remarkable!
Monday, January 26, 2009, Lynn
Just looking at your work...loving it more each time I view it. We are all incredibly excited to see you and our friend George soon. We will hug you into his memories as if you were alwayes here.
Peace and love, Lynn
Thursday, December 11, 2008, Gerald Stern
Laura, I really like your great work. Congrats,
Gerry
Monday, December 08, 2008, Cecelia
I miss you miss Laura. Email me sometime. Your work is amazing. You have grown into your own. Lets have lunch sometime.
Friday, December 05, 2008, C. Prewitt
Congrats on the book! Looking forward to reading it.
Monday, November 03, 2008, Beanie
Your new work is gorgeous!! Love you, sis!
Saturday, October 11, 2008, Sarah
Hi, Laura... I miss you. I miss our long talks! You are so pretty and so sweet...and I love your artwork. I appreciate your willingness to be honest, too. Please get in touch!
Friday, October 03, 2008, Jo G.
Hi Laura. I was just exploring your site and thought I would leave you a message.
Saturday, August 23, 2008, Christina Eklund
Gosh Laura I can't believe you are only 26 years old! You have a lot of wisdom for only 26 years.
Saturday, August 23, 2008, Danielle Springmeyer
I can't wait to get deeper into your site, and find what moves you as an artist!
Sunday, August 03, 2008, tommy chaney
Hello. i am a former student of George's and an admirer of both of your talents. I just thought I would say hello and that I really enjoy your work. I also wanted to ask you about one of your pieces. i am interested in buying your piece, "George" if it's still available. There are others I like as well but if possible I'd like the "George" piece for sentimental purposes. if possible, could you maybe email a response?
Wednesday, June 18, 2008, Dodi Orr
Your work is as interesting as I found you to be on the plane. Thank you for the conversation and introducing me to Fiona.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008, Kimberly Anders
Laura,
I come to your house to say goodbye! Thank you so much for everything. I now appreciate and understand art so much more! Thanks for everything! You are the greatest teacher I"ve ever had.
Thursday, May 08, 2008, Mick
Hey, just thought I'd drop a line. Hope you and George and the kids are ok.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008, M.P.
Its brilliant, Laura. Keep it up.
Thursday, November 01, 2007, James
Your work is inspiring and your honest intentions and emotions come out in your artwork. Quite a pleasure to experience you through your work!
Tuesday, October 09, 2007, peggy spencer brown
laura, as always a visit to you your site is an invitation to inspiration and affirmation of the heavens. we must converse sometime, take care!
Monday, October 01, 2007, Marcia Hirschy
I am a watercolorist - my daughter asked that i take a look at your work. She saw some in Lexington, KY.
Thursday, September 27, 2007, Laura Kisonock
Wow. A true visionary. thank you. i will bookmark this site so that i might be blessed to come back to you and your world.
Thursday, September 13, 2007, Lynn Montgomery-Trierviel
This is surreal. I really did find your site quite by accident. I love your work, I know exactly why George married you... I can see it. I am looking for a copy of the first book. Does George still have them available? My daughter Claire, who was born when young George was born here in Iowa, is a budding writer. I want to give the book to her as a gift. Please give him our love. All my best, Lynn.
Friday, May 04, 2007, Jaime Sanchez
Spend much time in your mind. You are not a prisoner, you soar in your thoughts. You connect with your friends every day, by putting your self out there. I guess a phone call or email is called for from time to time. You are not afraid to ask questions. I enjoy your writing. I think that we all want to fast foward to the futue a bit. Want to get there. But our aesthetic is FINE just as it is at the moment. Keeping the practice at a regular basis is the most important thing. The compositions will form themselves. It's fun though. We get to watch and participate as they do just that right in front of our own mind's eye.
Friday, April 06, 2007, Manfredo
Your art is something noble that give wings to my imagination
Tuesday, February 20, 2007, Tiff
Laura-
I love the website it's great!! You really have some great artwork and I'm very glad and proud of you and how far you've came. Your doing great!! There's quite a bit on here that I'd never seen in your studio and it's excellent. I just wanted to let you know to forge on and continue to grow as an artist and a woman!! Kiss the babies for me and tell George I'd like to have a copy of his book, signed of course.
Sunday, January 21, 2007, Larry Lundy
Tell George he owes me
a letter, or a postcard.
Love from his pal, Larry
Wednesday, January 17, 2007, Janena Reynolds
love the work, love the artist and the inspiration I feel looking and reading your work. thanks
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, Jo Grayson
Hey, I've seen some of your work and it is very artistic. :)
Thursday, November 02, 2006, susan moreno
Hello Laura,
I enjoyed your work very much and found it to be and inspiration for my own art. I appreciate you taking the time and willingness to openly share your thought process about your work. Hope I can see it in person sometime.
Monday, October 02, 2006, Mark, at Greene
Hi, Laura. Thanks for sending me to your website. For a student, this is an amazing acheivement. You should document your work with dates. Your poetry is beautiful to. Keep this up. I would like to see your recent works.
Saturday, September 16, 2006, George Lyons
Laura, you paint from your soul -so vivid and real, your art is thought provoking and remarkable. Keep painting, share your gift!
Thursday, August 31, 2006, Erin Quinn-Wheeler
I knew you were a star when I met you. Great work Laura- I miss painting next to you.
Sunday, July 16, 2006, SArah
Hi Laura! Just wanted to say everything is going well here at the house, hope you all are having a great time, I miss you all and the kids...and your work just keeps getting better (I peeked at it downstairs)!
Sunday, June 25, 2006, Laura Eklund Coon
I was just doing a web search and put in my name. I guess I share my name with you. Nice work. My talents do not include painting.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006, Richard
Outstanding work, Laura!
Monday, May 08, 2006, bill dozier
blood . . . blood . . . your own blood . . . okay . . . it looks good with the painting shown . . . its inclusion definitely personalizes a work . . . one of a kind . . . and the process is transmogrified into ritual . . . and viewer is transformed into witness . . .
Friday, April 21, 2006, Stephanie Gill
Thank you for your contributon to ascent. Your paintings are beautiful.
Thursday, March 16, 2006, Michael Huff
I first saw one of your paintings on a post card your husband, professor George Eklund, keeps on his office door. What a visual delight! He gave me the card and I'm grateful he did. I'm also grateful that you gave the link to where we can read his powerful poetic works. I think you both are brilliant. As a writer, I feel blessed to walk in the light of both your influence.
Monday, February 20, 2006, Klaus Lange
Now and then I set ashore and luxuriate in a fast enough online connection that allows me to visit and view the pictures of my fellow artists. Your works are great works of passion.
When can I photograph you while you are painting?
Saturday, January 21, 2006, Luke Armstrong
Tack on. Raw as it can be lased with emotion, given every possibility. With the spikes glory given with each truth, sharing honestly, powerfully.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006, Anita Bentley
I LOVE your work! As a fellow, and beginning artist however, I have a question. How on earth do you let go of it?! I have a hard time with that. Each piece feels like I have just given birth!
Thursday, January 12, 2006, Devon Johnson
I am writing on behalf of World Art Media - a unique organization affiliated
with NY Arts Magazine and on the look out for new artists to feature in our
upcoming campaigns and projects. We are based in New York City and we offer
a variety of opportunities for independent, innovative, and self-motivated
artists. I have looked at some images and was impressed by your works.
Monday, January 09, 2006, Manfredo
Amazing work
Monday, January 02, 2006, J. Reynolds
You art is what the world/people hungers for. and your purity. You have an outrageous gift that you must always guard. I really like your new work, Laura. I am really glad you got that grant.
Saturday, December 17, 2005, YANYA YANG
Enjoy your paintings and words. Keep it up.
Friday, December 16, 2005, kmt
...and those tears... the most sacred of all.
Friday, December 16, 2005, Karen M. Telford
"Monday, Dec 12, 2005
I painted over my new self-portrait this weekend...I wept as I painted over it, but my teachers taught me every painting is not sacred."
You didn't learn that in MY class, missy!
Every painting IS sacred-how could your personal expression of Divine Energy be anything else? (of course, Change is sacred too...)
Paul Simon's "when I think back on all the crap I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all" must be cubed for college. As Coleman Barks once told me, "I got a PhD... but I got over it."
I have confidence you will, too. The godds giveth you a lot of help these days... strong, magnificent work, Laura.
I'm proud to have been there.
Saturday, December 10, 2005, Richard Wolfson
Very much Interested in your art, and will be opening a new gallery in Portland Or soon.
Monday, November 28, 2005, Myra Oldham
HI Laura-love what I've seen so far!
Myra
You work makes me feel dumb, not because you work is dumb, but because it appears so sublime in comparison to my own dull awareness.
Thursday, November 10, 2005, stephen tirone
bravo bravo enjoy your work and words
Monday, November 07, 2005, Richard Green
I can't describe the way your paintings make me feel, Laura, that are beyond narratives or presnetations or themes. Your painting will lead you to a place that is rapid, imagistic, like it has made me feel enthusiastic and full of fear. and I think you are one of the best painters of our time. I have put a link to your site from mine.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005, Lynn Preston
Hi. My husband knows your husband - John Preston. Thanks for the card with the web address. Your work is very interesting. We will have to share some images. Peace, Lynn Preston
Friday, October 21, 2005, rialla
Hallo Laura;
your paintings are so wonderful creative and the colors are perfect.
From time to time I come back to look your paintings.
rialla/Germany
Thursday, October 20, 2005, achim
Hallo,very nice Page and very nice paintings you have.Had a god time on your site.Greetings fromm germany.Hope to see you on my site!
Thursday, October 20, 2005, Ingo
Hallo Laura,
very nice pictures, your "Making Love" is marvellous.
Ingo
Wednesday, October 19, 2005, scott hollan
laura, good to hear from you. I love to see your art work. It is colorful and magnificent.
Hello Laura,
interesting and beautiful works. It compliments.
Michael
Thursday, October 13, 2005, Rubyanne
Great work...Very cerebral and emotive-my kind of work.A work of art should do more than 'decorate'-it should stimulate the mind/senses/soul/etc.!"
Thursday, September 29, 2005, Sabrina Perry
Great job Laura! I love them all! You have all the artistic talent in the family! Keep it up!
Saturday, September 17, 2005, Mick Parsons
Love the new work... all of it. Keep it up.
Mick
Wednesday, September 14, 2005, Bill Dozier
I like the mix of picture and word at yr. site, each complementing the other to create a narrative of concrete poetics. Further.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005, Marjorie Kaye
love the interplay of photographic and painted forms! The expressionistic format is not a new one, Laura, but your particular energetic approach refreshes the entire genre!
Tuesday, September 13, 2005, John Allison
Lots of nice work. I especially like your photography.
Thursday, September 08, 2005, Mark Dye
Thanks for the painting Laura. You should do more figurative work. You are on my list of favorites!
Friday, September 02, 2005, George Eklund
Even well beyond my love for you I am in awe.
Thursday, September 01, 2005, Judith B.
Thank you for the beautiful painting Laura! I will cherish it years to come!
Thursday, September 01, 2005, Barbie Dell
Good heavens! You went beyond what DeKooning could do. You are brilliant painter!
Thursday, July 28, 2005, earthangel
Great and Freakin' !chaotic Mighty Cool Art & Aesthetics.