"MESSAGES FROM THE HEART" BY LAURIE HARTLEY

Laurie Hartley will lead us through a relaxing and enriching activity that will allow both adults and children to find the strong connection between nature and art. This family-friendly event is focused on having each family member participate in an exercise developed around her March Featured Artist show “Messages from the Heart”. Laurie is also an Art Therapist. This should be a very special event! Laurie will share part of her artistic process where she allows nature to inspire her art and words. Participants will sit with a part of nature (either by gazing at the art at the gallery or by sitting with a piece of nature (stone, leaf, twig, pine needles, sand, etc) and draw and/or write about the wisdom the piece of nature has to offer them. Children are encouraged to attend. Born in Maine, Laurie attended college in both NH and MA and now calls Exeter home. Her oil paintings are inspired by her shamanic journeying practice and are an intimate exploration of the photographs she has taken during time spent in the mountains. Her Heart Stone Message prints are created from messages received during meditations while sitting next to a river or a mountain top. Her children (7 & 9) will be there to assist. www.lauriehartleyart.com