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http://www.DisabledArtistsNetwork.net "Art you will Love - People you will never Forget" Abstract Art by Artist Laurie Homan Perception Shared Business Phone in Long Branch New Jersey 732-492-3253 (Click on any image for detail) SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ARTWORK People love Laurie Homan's Art and she has quickly risen in the art world with collector's seeking to purchase her art, newspaper write up's including "The New York Times" and multiple state exhibits. If you want a Laurie Homan original Click here to see Mixed Media and Impressionist Art by Laurie Homan Be sure to scroll all the way down for the newest paintings!
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Abstract Landscapes As the scenery in our technological society is constantly changing and nature continues to be affected by our shortsighted behaviors, I often wonder what our world looked like before we altered it. I also question what it will look like after nature has reasserted Her dominance. Since my disability interferes with my desire to just wander about in the wilderness, I explore these questions from a more abstract point of view, using colors to express emotion. This will be a continuing series for me. New! July 2006
"Lavender Roses" 12" x 16" Original - Signed $500.00 New! July 2006
"Mardi Gras" 18" x 24" Original - Signed $700.00 New! July 2006
"Masks" 18" x 24" Original - Signed $700.00 New! July 2006
"Windmills of..." 18" x 24" Original - Signed $700.00
"Foliage" 9 x 12 Mixed $250.00
Reflect 9 x 12 Mixed $250.00
"Roots" 11 x 14 Mixed $350.00
"Surreal" SOLD One half of the proceeds helped to benefit ELWYN of New Jersey
http://www.elwyn.org/MR/ENJ
This helped to purchase a handicap accessible van which is used by working disabled who needed transportation to work. 9 x 12 Original $500.00 Sold!
"Dreamland" 16 x 20 Mixed Media Original $500.00
''Weird and Wonderful'' 6.5 x 12.5 Original $175.00 On exhibit at "The Guild of Creative Art" in Shrewsbury NJ. until Feb. 2005
"Refresh" 8" x 10" Original $225.00 New!
''Peaceful Waters'' 9 x 12 Original $250.00
"Inner Space" 9" x 12" Original $450.00 New! Spring 2006
"Circleism l" 16" X 20" Original $600.00 On display May 2006 at "Guild of Creative Art" in Shrewsbury New Jersey.
New! Circleism 4 "16 x 20" $600.00 New!
"Dante's Imp" 16" x 20" $600.00
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Artist Laurie Homan Before concentrating on her Art Career Ms. Homan graduated from the Monmouth Police Academy and served her community for many years. In addition to serving her community, Laurie has many skills and accomplishments that include being a "National Karate Champion", a "Pastor", a "Musician", "Writer", "Legal Secretary" and much much more. In l994 a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis brought permanent disability by 1998. Laurie found that painting brings her peace and therapeutic like healing. Optic Neuritis caused her to loose her vision more than 5 times. When there is a reprieve she paints. Assistive devices such as a leg brace, cane or wheelchair help with mobility. With love, care and assistance of her partner, Laurie is Mom to three adopted babies who were drug babies, but who now have a loving home environment. "My goal as an artist is to create pieces of art that can share the experiences and lessons I have learned. I have gone through a great deal
and I am a better person for it. I want to be a light in this dark world.
I am proof that the human spirit can sustain a great deal of difficulty
and still go on to create beauty. I want to be an example for others. I started painting in Oct 2000 using oils. Over the past 5 years, I have tried Ink, Acrylics, and mixed media. I am currently working mostly with mixed media and my work is varied. I have a realism series I'm working on called "Perfidy". Landscapes in various mediums, as well as abstract work. I use brushes, sponges, & rubbing alcohol with inks & liquid acrylics
''Passion'' 16 x 20 Original $600.00
"Little Boy Blue" 16 x 20 Original $600.00
''What do you See'' 12 x 16 Original $500.00
''Wild Flowers'' 12 x 16 Original $500.00
''A Rose is'' 16x20 Original $600.00
Nightmare 9 x 12 Mixed $275.00
''Dog Day Afternoon'' 9 x 12 Original $250.00
"Cotton Candy" 9" x 12" Original $325.00 Taken!
"Circleism ll" 16" x 20" Original $600.00 Signed On display May 2006 at "Guild of Creative Art" in Shrewsbury New Jersey. Circlism and Lifelines One thing that I have discovered to be completely true in this life is that nothing remains the same for very long. Things and people always change. Sometimes we are aware of our passage from one life era to another, many times we are not. A lot of people look backwards trying to recapture the feeling that accompanied a past experience; sorry they didn’t realize at the time just how much fun they were having. Many times it’s the friends we choose that defines a life period; the things we do together, the fun, the fights, whatever it is we do together, will be forever tied in our minds and hearts to that time and those friends. When we lose or add friends, our whole life can and will change and we enter a new era. I know that at this time in my life, at this very moment I am moving from one life experience in to a whole new one, and I feel lucky enough to recognize it. I’ve had the great fortune and pleasure of two very close friends, they are more family to me than anyone I’m actually related to. We’ve played Uno every Tuesday night for about 15 years. Sometimes we had additional friends playing with us, but only the three of us have been in it from the beginning. In the next couple of months, I know they’ll both be leaving me. The realization hit me hard and it hurt, still hurts, but it also gives me the opportunity to express how important both of these men are to me, and I do. I found myself doing more abstract work as a way to deal with my emotions; it allowed me to stop thinking and just paint. The Circlism pieces came about because of my life experiences in general; how often I’ve repeated the same lessons over and over again until I finally got the point. The different colors represented the different people and personalities I choose to surround myself with in order to learn. When I realized that my “circle of friends” would be changing, I found myself painting the canvas black, as black and heavy as my sadness felt. Then I found myself putting color to the black to represent the pigment of personalities available in this world, and filled the darkness with the light of color. I realized that I can choose the actual lifelines that I want to intersect with, we all can, and as much as I’ll miss and mourn what was, I’m eager to create and stand in what is. You can now pick up an Original Laurie Homan Painting when you go shopping starting April 18,2007
New Gallery Opening VSA arts of New Jersey & Arc of Monmouth Gallery at the Freehold Raceway Mall 3710 Route 9, Freehold, NJ 07728 (upper level next to Sears) VSA arts of New Jersey and The Arc of Monmouth announce the opening of their gallery at the Freehold Raceway Mall. The gallery features ongoing exhibits and work for sale by artists with disabilities at this major shopping destination in the heart of Monmouth County. Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11AM-5 PM Open House 5PM-8PM Reception (RSVP required) A joint project of VSA arts of New Jersey Part of the international VSA arts network, an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts & Arc Resources Unlimited Part of The Arc of Monmouth Directions to gallery on reverse Major funding for VSA arts of New Jersey is provided in part by the Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission; New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; and the central office of VSA arts, under an award from the U.S. Department of Education. However, the content does not necessarily reflect the policy of the U.S. Department of Education and endorsement should not be assumed. For more information or to RVSP for the reception please contact: VSA arts of New Jersey 703 Jersey Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 745-3885 • (732) 745-5935 (TTY) • info@vsanj.org Arc Resources Unlimited Freehold Raceway Mall, 3710 Route 9 South, Suite 2101, Freehold NJ 07728 (732) 866-0435 • (732) 866-0137 (Fax) • arcresources@arcofmonmouth.org Directions VSA arts of New Jersey & Arc of Monmouth Gallery at the Freehold Raceway Mall 3710 Route 9, Freehold, NJ 07728
From Southern New Jersey: Garden State Parkway North to Exit 100 to Route 33West; The gallery is on the upper level next to Sears.
From Northern New Jersey: NJ Turnpike to Exit 11 to Garden State Parkway South to Exit 123 (Rte 9
South); The gallery is on the upper level next to Sears.
From Western New Jersey: Route 33 East (NJ Turnpike Exit 8) to Route 33 Business District; The gallery is on the upper level next to Sears.
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Spiritual/Abstract My spiritual path has always been of the utmost importance to me. I lost my baby sister to leukemia when she was just 10 and I was barely 13. The experience propelled me to begin a quest to find the meaning in death as well as the purpose of life. I’ve always felt drawn to Native American spiritual beliefs and practices but I also explored my Methodist roots and my ancestors Quakerism; I was a lay minister and a traveling preacher/musician for Metropolitan Community Church, By the Shore. I’ve attended Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal and other churches; read and studied the writings of C.S. Lewis, Sylvia Browne, Rosemary Altea, Robert Fulghum, Joseph F. Grizone and scores of other wise and learned authors. My spiritual journey has been extremely interesting, satisfying and varied. I remain true to my Native teachings, but I am now also a practicing disciple of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism. Drawing on the truths that I have discovered on my path, especially since I became disabled, I try to create a visible image of a spiritual experience or truth. Colors are of major importance to me in portraying and projecting a mood or emotions. In many of my abstract pieces, there is a lot of unintentional secondary imagery. I love when people point out what they see since it validates what I think I see. Some times they point out things in my paintings that I didn’t even see. New! Feb. 2007
"Prism" 16" x 20" Original - Signed $600.00 New! Feb. 2007
"Vision Quest' 16" x 20" Original - Signed $600.00 New July 2006!
"Captivity" 14" X 18" Original - Signed $500.00 New Collections as of December 2005!
''Broken Pieces'' 7 x 12 Original $175.00
''Self Examination'' 16 x 20 Original $600.00
"Medicine Woman" 9" x 12" Original $325.00
''Wine and Women'' 12 x 16 Original $500.00
''Quietly'' 9 x 12 Original $250.00
"Which Came First" 9 x 12 Mixed $275.00
''Glory Nights'' 12 x 16 Original $500.00 New! March 2006
"Feeling Blue" 16" x 20" Mixed Media $600.00 Original Signed New!
"Circleism 3" 16" x 20" $600.00
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