A NOTE FROM LAURA:

After a career in graphic design, much of what I do today is rooted in and well served by my design background. After years creating behind a computer screen, I longed for a more tactile art form as a way to rest and recharge my digital creativity. I picked up my children’s Crayola watercolor paint and began to play alongside them. I’d never touched watercolor paint before. I painted with no pressure, no assignment, just the joyful freedom of creating. It was in these carefree moments that I fell in love with watercolor.

I began to play and explore, painting things around me that fascinated me, like the inside of an oyster shell. Then I began to paint the things that I wished existed, like a prettier version of nautical navigation charts. After posting a few of these online and seeing the response, I knew where Printed Hues was headed next. I left behind much of the digitally-based graphic design world, picked up my paintbrushes and haven’t looked back since.