Featured Artist:

Laurel MacDonald

Biography

I live in Boise, Idaho.  I grow flowers and vegetables which find their way into my art! I'm happiest when I can work in my garden, cook in my kitchen, and draw and print my art!  
I started doing linocuts because they fit into my lifestyle.  I love the whole process.  First, I draw the radish, garlic, poppy pod, etc., onto the linoleum.  Then, I cut it out.  All of this I can do at my kitchen table.
Then, I ink up my linocut with an oil-based ink, put a thick Italian paper over it, and put it through the small press that is out in the shed.  That's the whole process.  Sometimes, I go back over the image with watercolor, but I love a simple black and white image.
My imagery is usually about nature because that's my life.  I grew up on a farm, and I live on one now. My sense of rootedness and well-being derive from this attachment to the soil I work with.