Laura Wilder is an enthusiastic artist whose style fits perfectly into the aesthetic of the Arts & Crafts movement original and rekindled.
Originally a typical college art major, she first worked as a commercial illustrator and graphic artist. At some point she was exposed to the work of the masters of the Arts & Crafts movement and she was stunned and exhilarated she had found an aesthetic that fit her personal style.
So she struck out on her own producing a series of block prints depicting "Artisans at Work," the first of which was modeled after Janice McDuffie who owns a pottery in East Aurora near the Roycroft campus. Soon she was drawn into the Roycroft Renaissance movement and Laura is now a Roycroft Renaissance Master Artisan.
Laura became acquainted with Fair Oak Workshops when we approached her about creating a seasonal block print series inspired by the Dard Hunter illustration on the title page of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle published by the Roycrofters in 1905. That project was very successful and a few prints remain available directly from Laura.
Laura practices in more than one medium. Besides block prints, from time to time she does serigraphs and also paintings which she reproduces via giclee.
Many of Laura's most popular prints* are long sold out. She has now reproduced the best as small signed giclee prints which she frames under UV glass in an attractive Mission Style Frame. Reasonably priced, they make excellent gifts!
American Bungalow Spring legend reads: "IT IS THE SWEET, SIMPLE THINGS OF LIFE THAT ARE THE REAL ONES AFTER ALL." Laura Ingalls Wilder
American Bungalow Summer legend reads: "IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN & A LIBRARY, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED." Cicero
American Bungalow Autumn legend reads: "EVERYONE MUST TAKE TIME to SIT & WATCH the LEAVES TURN" Elizabeth Lawrence
American Bungalow Winter legend reads: "He is happiest who finds peace in his home." Goethe
Blue Flowers legend reads: "Heaven is below our feet as well as above our heads." Henry David Thoreau
Ferns legend reads: Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." Frank Lloyd Wright
Peace legend reads: "PEACE CANNOT BE ACHIEVED THROUGH VIOLENCE. IT CAN ONLY BE ATTAINED THROUGH UNDERSTANDING." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Shakespeare legend reads: "AND THIS OUR LIFE, EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC HAUNT, FINDS TONGUES IN TREES, BOOKS IN THE RUNNING BROOKS, SERMONS IN STONES, AND GOOD IN EVERYTHING." Shakespeare
Summer II legend reads: "May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends. And Many books..." Abraham Cowley 1647"
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