Welcome to the club.

Every once in a while, I find it worthwhile to indulge in an idea or two. Sometimes they manifest into something solid, like a saturated canvas or a pile of fabric scraps. Other times, they live in the ether and never coagulate into the perfect gelatin. 

If you're here, it probably means you were gifted a set of my greeting cards. If you stumbled here by mistake, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. 

The Lucky Art Club was an idea from some years ago. A project, an initiative -  and quite frankly - a mistake that I left the title on the corner of the 'Lucky Mushrooms' print. But for anyone curious enough to go on a scavenger hunt, bravo! You found me, and I'll tell you a story, a secret, a truth, in return.

I love giving gifts. It's a curse in my family to hunt down gifts that will elicit the greatest sense of being known for the recipient. The choruses of "how thoughtful" echo through my parents' living room on Christmas morning. It's one of my favorite things.

I love making art. It's a blessing of the highest order to have the energy and resources to invest in the act of creation. To put paint on paper or install an invisible zipper. I can't imagine a better form of magic.

The simplest combination of these two loves is (you guessed it) gifting my art. Assembling the packs of cards like party favors for a celebration of the end of the year is a joy for me. It's a bit selfish, to be honest. I know not everyone likes frog paintings or sends greeting cards to their enemies. But my mother enjoys it, and that is confirmation enough that I can indulge in this project.

My personal gift-giving can only reach so far, and I know some dear humans who support my art that would love to have a set of cards to write love notes in. I have the tiniest notion of making them available in the near future. I make no promises, as setting up shop to sell my wares gives me a headache. But I'm letting this idea churn - it may turn into something yet.

In the meantime, I hope you can enjoy the behind-the-scenes details I've shared about each piece. 

Thank you for supporting my art. Thank you for being here, friends.

Laura