LAUREL
HIBBERT

"When I was eight, I remember looking at a beautiful blank sheet of manila art paper on my desk.  We were asked to paint a vase with flowers.  Glancing at my seat partner's work, my breath stopped in my chest.  Her painting was full of yellow and blue and looked to me the way a Van Gogh looks to me today.  It was thrilling and emotional and it made me want to make something equally wonderful.  These many years later, I rely on my memory of life's momentary, heart stopping perfection to create simple images that are nostalgic, illustrative and, I hope, expressions of the everyday magic in life."