Hi, I’m Laura.

If you had told me eight years ago that one of my greatest passions would become teaching, I would have laughed.
When we made the decision to homeschool our daughter, I was terrified. I wasn’t sure I was qualified. I wasn’t sure I was enough. Like so many parents, I wondered if I was making the right decision. The moment I decided is STILL a core memory for me.
Then something unexpected happened.
I fell completely in love with helping someone discover they were capable of more than they believed.
The Ah-Ha moment for me was turning my daughter’s attitude completely around about reading. She hated it in the beginning when she went to her first ½ year of public school kindergarten. But once I brought her home to teach, I shifted her perspective and showed her how FUN reading can actually be. Now I can’t keep her out of the library!
The skill was always there.
We just needed to shift the perspective!
Over the last seven-plus years, I’ve had the privilege of teaching everything from math and science to history and literature—but art has always been my favorite place to teach.
Because art also has this incredible way of changing people.
I’ve watched confidence replace self-doubt. I’ve watched frustration turn into pride. I’ve watched students who were convinced they “weren’t creative” surprise themselves with what they could accomplish.
Those moments never get old.
Teaching art isn’t about showing someone how to copy a painting. It’s about helping them understand color, light, composition, technique, and the why behind what they’re creating—while giving them the confidence to trust their own creativity. Those are lessons that stick with you.
That’s the experience I hope every person who walks through our doors has, whether they’re five or seventy-five.
I can’t wait to paint with you.

— Laura

I also cannot thank my high school art teacher, Mrs. Sherry Eddins, enough for teaching me that art doesn’t have to be pretentious or stuck up. She was always SO FUNNY in class, so creative, slightly unhinged and so incredibly talented with the patience of a saint to put up with a room full of awkward, know it all teenagers. I know…It took me a lifetime to get here, but I hope I make you proud.