Here a two little watercolors I have finished and added to Laurie Rohner Studio. They are both influenced by the sky above and the ever changing landscape below. These are Vermont landscapes. Never did a day start or end without some reminder how special and small we are but how unique and magical we can be if only to tap into the beauty within. For me Vermont holds my heart strings and even today as I write this it pulls me closer calling me to hear its song. I believe we can tap into the magic and beauty of the this earthly plan and for each of us it is at a special different place, mine being Vermont. You may find yours in the midst of a busy energetic city street or the desolate landscape of a desert. Maybe it is nowhere and you see it every moment of each glorious day shining out from the cells of your being and as you watch from behind the eyes of your body you understand see and feel the changes occurring all around and can marvel at the beauty of life.  I am not one of those people but what a goal to have and dream to achieve?

Vermont Farm Watercolor Landscape Painting Morning Sunrise Original Nature Art Laurie Rohner

Morning sunrise over a farm in Vermont, the sky subtle shades of blues shell pinks and lavender. The darkness still keeps most of the farm in the shadows. Notice the silos are highlighted just a bit as the light starts to reflect off their shiny surfaces. A wonderful small watercolor landscape nature art original painting by Laurie Rohner.

Palette: blues, pinks, lavender, navy blue, dark red, brown, cream.

Vermont Storm Watercolor Landscape Nature Art Original Painting Laurie Rohner

Summer Vermont storm landscape watercolor nature art original painting is titled Storm Breaks by Laurie Rohner. The fields are lush green from the spring cool air but summer has come to the mountains in Vermont and a storm breaks in the distant.

Palette: blues, pinks, lavenders, navy blue, grays, brown, green, blue green.

Mount it in a frame to add a bit of sparkle to your walls, artwork for farmhouse, cottage chic and loft decor.

This is NOT a PRINT
Arches 300lb hot pressed watercolor rag paper.
This is slightly rough thick hand made paper.

Paper size is 6″ x 4″
It is unframed is wrapped and ships in a flat mailer.

Small Fact: The paper is so thick you can attach a ribbon to the back and hang it. I suggest mounting the painting on a matte and framing under glass.

These are my original designs and I hand paint each piece.
All rights are not transferable with the purchase of this painting and remain with the artist.
The copyright is for photographing and does not appear on the original.

SHIPPING TO THE USA is at no charge. I refund any over charges in shipping.
I ship everywhere and the shipping charge outside the US is for International Flat Rate for Envelopes. If there are any other fees and charges to you after they are your responsibility and vary with different countries.

For more info about Laurie Rohner Studio visit.
http://laurierohner.com
http://PaintedFurnitureStudio.com

The past several days I experienced a wonderful chance observing people stuck in the negative fear based thinking and people living from the heart center and loving aspects of life. You see last Thursday my little town in North Carolina was hit with a micro burst storm. It lasted no more than 30 seconds but left downed lines and power outages. Huge oak trees fell and thankfully no one was injured, a few homes damaged and of course power and our connection to the outside world stopped. As the storm passed by and people ventured out to see what had happened I felt a sense of neighborly love. People were helping each other. I felt I had become a part of the neighborhood and it took a storm to bring us together. I have lived here for 5 plus years and never really connected.

Gratitude for the stars.

I went to bed that night and saw the stars fill the sky and remembered how I loved to watch them but while in North Carolina it had been impossible. I slept with contentment and gratitude for my neighbors and the night sky. Around 3am I woke and had to take in more of the night sky so a grabbed a chair, Tucker and outside we went to gaze and dream. Having had enough gazing I finally went back to bed. I really felt happy though chaos and destruction laid all around. I woke that morning ready to help the people I had met and welcomed into my life just the day before. I headed out to get some coffee and stopped asking if anyone else would like coffee tea whatever? No takers. The day progressed. People wandered about trying to find any information which was sporadic. I lost my cell phone (needed charging) so I had no contact to anywhere. I asked people if their cells were working and they were. Neighbors ran off to work glad to leave the destruction for the day. I was left with no one to help and no one helping me. Where I had felt camaraderie I now felt isolation. Why couldn’t someone had offered to charge my phone I have no idea. It is what I would have done.

When I crawled into bed that night I felt very defeated and sad. The people I had talked with are good people but lived in a life of chaos and ego. They spun horrible stories with outcomes of dire situations and ranted about the time it was taking for services to come back on. Misconceptions and lies exuded from their pores much like an addict on drugs. They lived on a fear based high. Instinctively I focused on my own thoughts and my own grateful appreciation for the people who have tirelessly worked non stop to bring our power back. I lite a candle and asked the Universe to keep them strong and safe. The power would be on, when these brave wonderful fabulous people finished. My neighbor and myself (her husband works at the power company) believed it would be on sooner than later and thankfully it was. Services came the next day. By Sunday evening our little street was back on the grid and the neighbors back in there fear based little worlds. Me? I am choosing to focus on the goodness of what I experienced and feel sorry for the people who still wont let this fabulous wonderful creative loving being into their lives. Then I do not think I want them in mine.

The reason for a delay was a group of men came down from Reeds Michigan driving their rigs and after a quick rest worked a long hard day setting poles and running new wire on the full length of our street. I want to send a loving energy hug to those men. You are my heroes and gratitude does not even touch the surface. When I forget and stop focusing on the goodness in my life I will remember and think of my heroes.

I create functional art for different styles of homes though mainly a cottage farmhouse is what I tend to cater to in my business. I have tried to market to all ages and to all decorating styles. I find I am selling, but at what price? Not monetary but physically it is zapping my energy. I have concentrated my energy finding some solutions and think I have a better understanding what I need to get rid of to be more effective. A great place to find good information about selling and marketing your work is at Handmadeology.

In the next few weeks I am switching things around and making my marketing presence to fit my business. I am concentrating on custom work. Nature Art paintings of botanical garden flowers that resemble my art found on the custom keepsake nature boxes. The first task in my new approach is to brand Me. I am all about nature and gardens. Love soft colors with a surprise of color just enough to keep you interested in the work, little candy for the senses. Be sure to stay tuned to Laurie Rohner Studio and my new shop on Meylah Between The Weeds.

Painted Peg Board Furniture Organizer Farmhouse Cottage Landscape Nature Art

Painted peg board furniture organizer meets all your needs features a landscape painting nature art by Laurie Rohner. Cottage chic farmhouse furniture meets landscape painting. What a fun piece? A drake wood duck swimming on a pond and the border is painted a dreamy watery aqua blue (Woodland Blue by Benjamin Moore). Hang towels organize all your dogs gear on five (5) pegs without taking away from this wood duck original painting. Note: this is not just for dogs and pets. Can be used for belts, scarves, necklaces, keys, jackets and clothes. Great to hang a towel from after drying the dog off and maybe you.

Have a Nature Keepsake Box custom made for you or another today.

I specialize in Painted Nature Keepsake Boxes for new babies,brides and special occasions. Interested you can contact me through this contact form with any questions.

I find when you use terms such as Beloved, Darling, Divine the connection is deeply felt instead of using the term God. I have found in switching my thinking I have a talking reactive working in unison partnership with my life and my Self or Soulful Being. Though the relationship is still very present when you use the term God, for my Self it is on the terms of religion and doctrines that were dictated and written by men. Not women, not people, but by men and certainly not by the loving creative force that in some ancient beliefs was feminine. This is only my belief and I do not want to offend your belief or religion. But I have gotten of track.

First night as I was sleeping I experienced a vision quest, I would say dream but I usually never remember my dreams and this was very detailed. I was sitting very quietly in a light filled forest where I could see the trees and the water babbled down a stream alongside where I sat. I thought this is amazing because I knew I was asleep, this is not dreaming, this is something very special. I felt awake as if I was there and not here. In my mind I asked what is it you want to share with me? A moment went by and then I saw a large wolf. The wolf had long thick coat and it stood in profile with its head turned towards me. The tips of the hair were shiny silver and its eyes were ancient and filled with wisdom. I felt I knew this wolf, this being. I was not alarmed and as the wolf faded I came out of the vision. I knew Spirit had given me this vision now I had to see why. Wolf is a symbol for pay attention and see life. Answers are there for you to see.

The next morning I decided to simply be and not think about anything in my life, personal or business. This is something I am always thinking about so for me I was going to have to work on it. I switched on the TV and looked through some of the programs I had on the DVR. Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday was there. Something said this is the perfect time to watch. I did it was about past lives and NDE studies. It seemed to open my mind up for what would come next. The program ended and live TV was back on but my DVR was now taping that mornings Oprah Super Soul Sunday program with  Thich Nhat Hanh. I had never seen him being interviewed, knew his writings and wisdom just not him.

~ “Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.” ~

Did the vision bring me to this moment in time and was this what I needed to hear? Maybe but what I think it is about is Spirit showing me I had shut down. My lines to Spirit had almost severed through pain anguish and fear. I am not living my life. I had stopped paying attention. Stopped listening. Stopped dreaming. I needed to start practicing what I had learned daily and open my Self to Spirit. Life moves in a vibrant energy since this past weekend. I am relaxing and smiling. I am not frustrated or anxious. I am.

Image found @ http://www.nataliakuna.com

After a few days away from my thinking mind I found my center once more. Gratitude I feel is deep and immense. The connection to the beloved has opened my heart to see things once again in the bathing light of possibilities and creation of dreams. It has brought me a message from a dear soul I am so thankful I could help. A message changed the way I think of my business and the direction the business is heading. Gratitude opens the heart and love flows into every cell of being.

I highly suggest stepping away from your thinking mind and taking a vacation. It costs nothing. The reward is epic.

- Eckhart Tolle, best-selling author and speaker.

This weekend is for finding my ‘self’. I feel like I have been transported back to the 70′s when I write that statement. Everyone was finding themselves and maybe we should try to find our selves again?

After a month of scattered chaotic emotions and challenging situations, you (I) have no option but to surrender, take a hard look at what is going on in your (my) life and find the stillness. I don’t mean sit and contemplate in deep meditation, no, I mean be aware of the thoughts and feelings when they bubble to the surface and see them from a different perspective. Be unattached just the observer and insight is found. I find walking in the woods or painting to be my place where stillness is found most in my life. Yours may be found washing the dishes or housecleaning in general, playing with your kids, conversing with friends, even going shopping. What I mean is be aware in the moments and see, if you can, what the universe is so desperately trying to tell you. It always is sending you little messages but we become so driven by the ego we never see, hear or believe the messenger.

My passed loved ones.
Still stop in for a visit.

Maybe your life is like my own and have had one too many losses, both in possessions (financially) in relationships and in the deaths (I prefer passing) of those that knew your heart all to well. I have experienced much living and with each one I have found a deeper compassion for people nature and life in all the yucky-ness. Though I will tell you I am tired today. I need something to work for my greater good. I need the Universe to give me a hug today. Problem though is I am the one stopping any and all of it from happening. So that is why I am taking the weekend (maybe the week) to find myself. When I reconnect with the Me, I then reconnect to the Divine Universe and to my very own greater good.

Watercolor Painting Iris Botanical Detailed Realism Garden Flower by Laurie Rohner

Garden Nature Art Watercolor by Laurie Rohner

 

Garden Nature Art Watercolor
Blue Flower Original Watercolor Painting by Laurie Rohner titled Scabiosis is a woodland garden flower illustration. This is an original watercolor painting and NOT a PRINT.

My botanical watercolor of blue flowers from a woodland wildflower garden is painted with shades of blues white and greens. I added ink etched around the blooms too.

Wall artwork for farmhouse, cottage chic and loft decor.

This is not a PRINT
Arches 300lb hot pressed watercolor rag paper.
This is slightly rough thick hand made paper.

Paper size is 5″ x 7″
It is unframed wrapped and ships in a flat mailer.

Small Fact: The paper is so thick you can attach a ribbon to the back and hang it. I suggest mounting the painting on a matte and framing under glass.

These are my original designs and I hand paint each piece.
All rights are not transferable with the purchase of this painting and remain with the artist.
The copyright is for photographing and does not appear on the original.

SHIPPING TO THE USA is at no charge. I refund any over charges in shipping.
I ship everywhere and the shipping charge outside the US is for International Flat Rate for Envelopes. If there are any other fees and charges to you after they are your responsibility and vary with different countries.

For more info about Laurie Rohner Studio visit.
http://laurierohner.com
http://PaintedFurnitureStudio.com

‘Forest Playground’ by treazureddesignz

Enjoy!

Butterfly Lace Ceramic 3D Mo… Ceraminic $5	Watercolor Painting, Origina… TheWishForest $175	10 Cork board Quote Shape St… papirvendage $4.25
Elf hat and booties, knit b… MiaPiccina $55	Fairy Tale Scout bee Forest … ranaway $30.99	Origami Fox Print – 11×14 mo… noodlehug $27
Woodland Green Peacock Feath… neesiedesigns $22	Red Flower Earrings, Childre… CCARIA $13	Felt finger puppets Forest M… MiracleInspira… $18.5
Earrings-Mix and Match Colle… mulberrymooset… $6	Birch Trees Vinyl Decal, Bir… InAnInstantArt $89	Fawn Necklace, Polymer Clay… GabiAndAsia $14
Ooak, Spun Cotton, whimsical… spunoncotton $24	Woodland Fairy Houses Sculpt… BetweenTheWeed… $48	Green Acorns, Woodland Needl… Fairyfolk $12
Enchanted Forest Art – Woodl… OrangeDogCraft… $50

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