"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do"
Leonardo DaVinci
Today must not be a souvenir of yesterday, and so the struggle is everlasting. Who am I today? What do I see today? How shall I use what I know, and how shall I avoid being victim of what I know? Life is not repetition. (Robert Henri)
Artist Exhibitions
2008 Miniature Art Show - Kelley Frame & Fine Art Galleries, Ltd.
2008 National Small Oil Painting Competition - Wichita Center for the Arts
2008 Paint the Parks Second 100 - Ipu Heke, Close Enough
2008 Breckenridge Fine Arts Center - 17th Annual Juried Show.
2007 PaintAmerica Top 50 Mini
2007 North East Watercolor Societies 31st International Art Competition
2007 The Best of America! National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 17th Annual Fine Art Competition and Exhibition
2007 Grand National - Mississippi Watercolor Society
2007 Breckenridge Fine Arts Center - 16th Annual Juried Show.
2007 Watercolor U.S.A - Patron Purchase Award
2007 The Richeson 75: Figure/Portrait limited edition exhibition book.
October 2005 issue of Watercolor Magic Magazine.
2004 Arts for the Parks Mini 100.
2002 Bosque Conservatory 17th annual art classic....
Artist Publications
WATERCOLOR USA 2007
A REVIEW: BY DOROTHY M. JOINER
In a third waterscape, Laurie Pagels balances an island rounded with autumnal foliage in the center with irregular, wooded areas on either side. Casting radiant images on the lake in the foreground, the scene, titled Stillness, (2006) conflates the symbolic perfection implicit in the circle with the tranquility of nature....
Artist Collections
Numerous private, corporate, museum, gallery and government collections detailed information coming soon.