Laura has travelled
up mountains, into forests, gorges, and caves of the Yukon, Ontario and Crete.
Her journeys to reach sources of inspiration involve planning trips around
the timing of the full moon, being prepared to sleep on mountain tops for
a few nights, often spending days full of sketching and painting. She uses
a variety of media to express her sense of energy and onement with nature.
Thirty years ago
Laura felt jade fever in the Yukon wilderness. Fortunate to join forces
with jade miners and northern characters, she has learned to mine and work
jade, attempting to expose its inner light and hidden beauty.
Laura incorporates thin slices of hand-polished jade into some of her
stained glass windows, jade jewellery and a future jade light table. Her
large stained glass "Lake Huron Wave" is now hanging in
the Goderich Council Chambers after it won first prize in the 2013
juried municipal art show.
Laura says: “For
those who wish, but cannot climb to the top of mountain peaks, or swim
into caves at night, may they vicariously travel my artistic
paths, traverse challenging edges of perception, explore new heights and
valleys, share a sense of wonder and awareness of distant horizons. Can
you go there? Can you sense it?"
Laura
pursues her careers as artist and teacher, hoping to open eyes and minds.
She has taught Art, Special Education, English and Native Studies in
Greece, the Yukon and Huron County.
Feel the Winds
Wild gusts over Lake Huron,
the last sail of the season,
pushing the elements, myself and the small 13’ sunfish.
A little human playing as a conduit,
trying to hold powerful winds
with the sheet-line in one hand,
the other hand on the tiller reading the waves.
Exhilaration in the moment of the Elusive Balance,
Riding wind-tossed waves,
Guiding the small craft to be One with Nature,
Maximize the elemental powers, flying-speed, balance.
Ride the Wave:
let it carry you peacefully to distant horizons.
This stained glass design came to me that day,
soaring with the powers that Be.
“Today my sail I lift”.*
When my uncle was in his last earthly abode,
I felt this image would give him a little peace,
a little light from beyond, a smile.
Let the Light Shine In.
Laura Browne
* lyrics by Jessie Adams
Wild gusts over Lake Huron,
the last sail of the season,
pushing the elements, myself and the small 13’ sunfish.
A little human playing as a conduit,
trying to hold powerful winds
with the sheet-line in one hand,
the other hand on the tiller reading the waves.
Exhilaration in the moment of the Elusive Balance,
Riding wind-tossed waves,
Guiding the small craft to be One with Nature,
Maximize the elemental powers, flying-speed, balance.
Ride the Wave:
let it carry you peacefully to distant horizons.
This stained glass design came to me that day,
soaring with the powers that Be.
“Today my sail I lift”.*
When my uncle was in his last earthly abode,
I felt this image would give him a little peace,
a little light from beyond, a smile.
Let the Light Shine In.
Laura Browne
* lyrics by Jessie Adams
