My art embraces a varied, colorful aesthetic influenced by intricate patterns, jigsaw puzzles, nature, dance, theater, and jazz. I love reflective and textured surfaces, while also incorporating found items, evocative photos, and organic materials in multilayered compositions. Holding on to those aesthetic influences, my work encompasses mixed media collage, stained glass, line drawings, and plein air pastel drawing.
I welcome inquiries about stained glass commissions, as well as original artworks and prints for sale. Contact me.
2026 New Year Mandala Project
Row One: January: Laugh, Cry;
February: High Drama;
March: Oh, Little One;
April: Looks Like Spring.
Middle Row: May: California Sunrise;
June: Glamour and Celebration;
July: Summer and Bugs;
August: Believing That Summer Will Last Forever.
Bottom Row: September: Hope and Possibilities;
October: Who’s Scary Now?
November: Peace;
December: Hold On Tight.
I started 2026 with one small collage artwork per day as part of the 2026 New Year Mandala project. Reflective materials (foil, holographic paper, glitter, glass), layers, and stickers. Experiencing wild swings from hope to cautious optimism to overcoming sadness, I tried to project comfort and hope for each month.
Galleries
coming soon…
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2026
“LOCAL ROOTS”San Pablo Community Center
2450 Road 20
San Pablo, CA 94806
July 17 – August 25, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 18, 2026, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Exhibit Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
I’m happy to be one of Roots International Art Project’s Bay Area participants featured in their inaugural art exhibition, “Local Roots.” ROOTS International Art Project connects nature, women, and art—bringing together women-identified artists from diverse backgrounds. Our collective focus rests on the intrinsic beauty of the natural world and the imperative need to safeguard our environment.
LOCAL ROOTS
My works “Cool Day by the Pond,” “Through The Trees,” and “Habitat for Monarchs” are in conversation with art by Elizabeth Addison, Jane Ingram Allen, Lucy Ames, Salma Arastu, Magué Calanche, Catherine Daley, Marguerite Elliot, J. Ruth Gendler, Renée Owen, and Donna Day Westerman.
“Parched”San Francisco Women ArtistsGallery
647 Irving Street
San Francisco CA 94122
June 2 – 26, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 2, 2 – 4pm
Parched
“Luminosity: The Glow From Within”Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Avenue
Albany CA 94706
April 3 – 30, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 2 – 4pm
Spring days are lengthening. In response, the Abrams Claghorn Gallery hostse an exhibition on the theme of Luminosity: The Glow from Within. Nineteen artists in painting, glass, ceramics, drawing, and more were asked to interpret the idea of Luminosity, defined in the dictionary as full of or shedding light; bright or shining, especially in the dark. They were given the challenge to create art that is shining, bright, brilliant, radiant, dazzling, glowing, gleaming, scintillating, lustrous, luminescent, phosphorescent, incandescent, vivid, intense, resplendent, lighted, lit, or illuminated in their prefered medium.
Thank you to all who made LUMINOSITY, The Glow From Within such a success, especially the artists who contributed their inspired works, my brother Robby for co-curating, and Abrams Claghorn Gallery for hosting, and all our friends and family who joined us at the opening and throughout April.
Luminosity: The Glow From Within
Laura Abrams, Curator and participating artist
Luminosity is defined as “full of or emitting light; bright or shining, especially in the dark.” This exhibition celebrates the beginning of spring, with its lengthening days, gentle nights, and blooming flowers. Nineteen artists have contributed art in a variety of materials and stories that radiate life, spirituality, resilience, power, and charisma. The inner glow leads our way through tough times. Featuring work by Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Liz Bloomfield, Cindy Chan, Jess Chesser, Melinda Gray, Julie Orchard, Victoria Ku, David W. McCauley, Jr., Stephanie Metz, Alix Schwartz, Durba Sen, Karen Munro Stapleton, Alicia Taylor Low, Tomye, Pamela Williams, Victoria Veedel, TheArthur Wright, and Sandra Yagi.
“Detours”Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA
April 11 – May 9, 2026
Opening reception April 11, 7-9 pm
Detour, the Collage-a-Rama Annual Show, takes place in Arc Gallery’s Project Gallery in conjunction with the studio artist exhibition, Roadmap in the main gallery.
Detours
Collage-a-Rama Annual Exhbition
12 inches square
Collage with feathers and gel pen