Studio Sale at LCE Fine Arts Studio

Laura Elm and Carol Connor will be having a Studio Sale at Laura's studio, LCE Fine Arts Studio, located at 822 Whiterock in CB, this Thursday, June 25, from 10 am to 4 pm. You'll be able to see (and purchase) original works in a home setting rather than a gallery, and get a good feel for how the piece might look in your home. Check it out!

The Peak magazine

The fine people at the CB News included an artist profile of me in the first issue of their new publication The Peak magazine. To view it on line, click on the link, then click on the "view magazine" tab and then select pg.34-35. Also featured in this issue are Ben Eaton and Heather Peterson. Thanks to the News for a cool resource for home owners and buyers in the Crested Butte Area!

Gallery Changes

After many years of being represented by various galleries, I've decided to pull back and mostly go it alone, at least for a while. This will be the last week to purchase my work from Shidoni. Beginning on Tuesday 6/23/09, I will no longer be represented by them. I wish them the best.


As of today, 6/15/09, the nature of my relationship with the Rijks Family Gallery in Crested Butte has changed. They will continue to show my work in their online gallery, but I will no longer have pieces in the physical gallery. I want to send out a very big thank you to Jos and Teresa Rijks for the years of support and floorspace they have given me. They have been a pleasure to work with and I look forward to our new arrangement as another chapter, rather than the end of the story.

I'm really excited to be selling my work on my own. It gives me much greater flexibility in my marketing, and the ability to offer my clients the best possible value when buying a piece.

You can see my inventory on my website by clicking on the galleries tab and looking in the available pieces gallery.

Mixed Media

Wood, concrete and stainless steel have been a recurring material theme in a lot of my work lately. I've had a lot of fun experimenting with concrete over the past few years, and this piece provided a good opportunity to make some larger parts with it. Most of the steel parts I've incorporated have been very simple accents, partly because that's what the designs wanted, and partly so I could accomplish the work with the equipment and metalworking skills I have. As the design for this piece evolved (see the post from 2/25/09 for more on that), it became clear that fabricating the prominent steel parts was going to require the help of a skilled metalworker. None of the metalworkers I like to work with in Creted Butte specialize in stainless steel work, so I called on my friend Doug Cernonok of DC-Tek in Atlanta for help. Doug does a lot of work with stainless steel, and he and I have talked about doing a project together for a few years. This was the perfect opportunity. He did a great job turning my design into some very well executed parts. I look forward to working with him again.