About the Artist

I grew up in a small logging town in the Pacific Northwest, my father worked in the woods and later at local mills. My mother took care of the five of us while my father worked long days to care for our large family. I've loved drawing all my life. I remember creating my first sketch book when I was in 3rd grade, studying all the beautiful flowers along the Washington coast. At age 10, I sold my first painting of a Blue Heron ($10!!); that was thrilling and confident boosting. Life started to get in the way of my passion to create and I was steered into "practical" jobs for over 20 years. From a Swimming Instructor, to a Window Painter, a Janitor, a Carpenter, a Waitress, a Correctional Guard, a cafe chain manager and finally an Executive Assistant to a CEO. All those jobs taught me valuable lessons and introduced me to some amazing people but I've always struggled finding the energy for art and work, and in full transparency, never thought I had the talent. During the start of the pandemic I started focusing on developing my art skills again and since then have had the opportunity to do artwork for my 9-5 as well as here.

I'm fortunate to have an amazing husband that's an incredibly talented elementary school teacher and this allows me to also bring art and creativity into his classroom and our community.

I'm not a naturally confident person, didn't show my art to the public until recently, so I truly hope you find joy and inspiration in my creations. I try to share more on my Instagram so be sure to follow. I tend to love so many things, so my challenge will be focusing on a few ideas at a time. Whimsical animal paintings and abstract portraits are my current passions.  Learning new techniques and styles are a must for me, so my art will be an evolving variety show. To keep inspired and challenged, I've started this site and I also do commissioned murals, original paintings and digital illustrations/paintings. Contact me if you're looking for something custom. 

Oh and I'm mildly obsessed with painting my dogs, Tina and Gary Lima, so there will be a lot of them. 

Hope you enjoy the artwork,

Laura Lima