Laurie Waalkes Mixed Media Art

04/16/2025

New blog post on the website:

Brushstrokes That Shook the World 4/16/2025 2:32:41 PM Art is often seen as decoration. A beautiful accent for your home. But throughout history, art has been far more than that. Art has sparked revolutions. Shifted culture. And dared people to imagine a different world. From the bold to the subvers...

04/15/2025

🎉 New Work on Display at Blue Sky Gallery! 🎉

I'm so excited to share that a fresh collection of my botanical mixed media paintings is now on display at Blue Sky Gallery in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico! 🌵🌸

This vibrant new series explores the color, texture, and resilience of native plants from the American West—each piece layered with vintage maps, sheet music, and text to reflect the deep roots and stories of this land. From bold blooming cactus to delicate wildflowers, these works celebrate the balance between the organic and the geometric, the past and the present.

🖼️ Whether you're a collector or simply passing through town, I invite you to stop by and see the show in person. The display includes:
✨ Original collage paintings
🌼 State flower series
📍 Southwestern flora layered with vintage cartography
💥 Bold, joyful color palettes

📍 Blue Sky Gallery
Santa Fe, NM

Come experience the work up close and see how each piece tells its own story. I'm honored to be part of this wonderful space that supports local artists and celebrates creativity rooted in place.

Let me know if you stop by—I’d love to hear which piece speaks to you! 💬
— Laurie Waalkes

11/10/2024

HOLIDAY BONUS!
From now through Cyber Monday, buy any painting from the website (any painting that is not in a gallery) and get one of these sweet holiday wreath paintings FREE! Supplies are limited, act now. Message me for details.
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09/14/2024

New blog post on the website, on inspiration, action and manifestation.
Check it out:

Begin It Now 9/14/2024 5:47:31 AM I had someone, a fellow artist, call my art business intimidating. It's true that I have accomplished a lot in just two years. First of all, I've never been more sure of any decision. Acting on it has been almost effortless.    But second of all, and I have writte...

08/21/2024

Wild currants, on the easel!

08/16/2024

New blog post on my website!
https://www.lauriewaalkes.com/blog/196177/the-art-of-creation-the-creation-of-art

08/06/2024

07/20/2024

New blog post- check it out!

by Dale Chihuly But Do I Have to Like It? 7/20/2024 6:43:41 AM I listened recently to Foothills Art Center curator Eriq Hochuli, defending his room full of less than masterly works by a local artist. Viewers challenged him, saying that the work was sloppy and crude. He did not deny it. He replied th...

06/21/2024

Check out these musings on What Should Art Say To Us?

What Should Art Say To Us? 6/20/2024 6:50:44 PM                What do these images say to you?   Art is a basic human impulse and an enduring means of communication. Artists express their ideas, arguments, worldviews and emotions through various media, and have been leaving their mark in ...

06/08/2024

I just dropped off a bunch of my paintings to the Diane West Gallery in Durango, CO. I'm so happy to have my work represented in this beautiful, funky town.

06/07/2024

A work in progress! Peonies.
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05/31/2024

New painting! Meadow anemones (pasque flowers)