Inspirations, thoughts and updates on my process in the studio. Website: LauraGuese.com Twitter:@LauraGuese Facebook:LauraGueseArt Subscribe to my blog via email var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-9507345-3']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @lauraguese)http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OFBzC34kOp4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Pretty song for your Tuesday</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/48142664236http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/48142664236Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:45:10 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cd3ad149e186e03e6aabe484b231c29e/tumblr_ml1xxzwJHV1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bad days are made better days with a lot of paint</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/47633431162http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/47633431162Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:27:35 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7ae63833df3b8be32e0a6db053ece13f/tumblr_mkdxqsfGmo1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mixing paint, in search of the perfect color.</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/46524672514http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/46524672514Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:20:52 -0600<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2360787&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Colorado: haunting song and beautiful state.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://static.tumblr.com/x3uyv5y/NUHmka88e/coloraod.jpg"/></p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/46354280211http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/46354280211Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:20:09 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5da27f290c7757cf6f9cb56659d762c9/tumblr_mjd08uZFl21qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Blank canvas up on the wall, awaiting some paint.</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/44880132029http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/44880132029Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:43:42 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ed1c199ab6b56747c85da305163e6d4/tumblr_minhzoNBpj1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cold moon waxing</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/43768349150http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/43768349150Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:09:24 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aa3227c27663766545ff44199089015e/tumblr_mhvey3Ryc51qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My newest painting, influenced by my recent time in France. My work and palette shifted unexpectedly while I was there. My painting has moved into new surprising directions. The softer, quiet filtered light of France seeped into my palette and changed the way I look at light, sky, and the intangible forms of clouds.</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/42529942752http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/42529942752Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:10:51 -0700<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F39992719&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>My favorite album from 2012. Produced by Danger Mouse, and just perfect.</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/41904603079http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/41904603079Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:38:30 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/61be68042d380b366b575f6cf63c9406/tumblr_mh5hrgSfvc1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Work in progress detail shot. Oil on panel</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/41387635935http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/41387635935Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:14:04 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/acb845e95c1cd1b10012c8a77a674b0f/tumblr_mh5er5ukDc1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m on a magazine cover! Here’s a shot of the cover of the December 2012/ January 2013 issue of Denver Centric. My work is also a featured editorial which you can read <a href="http://issuu.com/citycentricmedia/docs/denvercentric1?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fcolor%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=FFFFFF&showFlipBtn=true%20" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p><span class="HOEnZb"><br/></span></p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/41382442987http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/41382442987Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:09:05 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/83f856f804fa1fab71e111bee164f818/tumblr_mglu8rNUKh1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>True words from Vincent van Gogh</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/40506409578http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/40506409578Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:31:39 -0700<a href="http://soundcloud.com/josh-ritter/joy-to-you-baby-1/s-GzDaJ">Joy to You Baby</a>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/38279864096http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/38279864096Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:55:20 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7dc427e0ab664f25a0cc565bca4885a1/tumblr_mf5wjaF1Il1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Snow clouds clung to mountains</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/38131555593http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/38131555593Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:25:57 -0700<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_37625544650" src="http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/37625544650/audio_player_iframe/lauraguese/tumblr_met0i7k6Mt1qflj16?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Flauraguese%2F37625544650%2Ftumblr_met0i7k6Mt1qflj16" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>“I need a graceful, proud way to let go. </span><span>To smile and accept the things that you don’t know. </span><span>The losses and the gains blurred, </span><span>the weight of these as last words.”</span><span><br/><br/></span></p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/37625544650http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/37625544650Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:22:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b7492c8e93e03cbed87fcd58015ca2d2/tumblr_mes08sILOM1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rêvasserie</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/37568868176http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/37568868176Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:19:40 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me61s0TA4a1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another new painting, “Dans le <span>Crépuscule”. Oil on canvas, 18 x 18.</span></p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/36687903069http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/36687903069Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:45:00 -0700artpaintingcloudssky<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me25rkjqck1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s a new painting from my recent residency in France. “<span>Crépuscule Impossible.” Oil on canvas, 38 x 56.</span></p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/36528637282http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/36528637282Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:21:00 -0700artpaintingcloudssky<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_36167764547" src="http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/36167764547/audio_player_iframe/lauraguese/tumblr_mdt6z8Xeqp1qflj16?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Flauraguese%2F36167764547%2Ftumblr_mdt6z8Xeqp1qflj16" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/36167764547http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/36167764547Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:09:08 -0700““If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away.””<br/><br/> - <em>Steve Jobs</em>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/33369967730http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/33369967730Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:56:36 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mblcd5xBsE1qflj16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The abbey and the Seine</p>http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/33180163772http://lauraguese.tumblr.com/post/33180163772Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:17:29 -0600