Laura Gaffke Studio

🌺 Slow Sunday....

I've been thinking a lot about how connected everything is.

When I look at flowers, I don't really see them as separate things. I see them leaning into each other, almost like they're communicating like good friends.

This painting is like a lively conversation, the kind where you want to stay up all night enjoying each other.

Whispering Petals is about that sense of togetherness~how nothing in nature feels fully isolated, everything is in conversation.

May you find a moment today to slow down and notice the beauty around you.

(🌺Whispering Petals has SOLD and found its way to a beautiful new home. Grateful💞)

There’s a moment each spring when everything feels like it’s happening all at once…

The daffodils open faster than I can gather them, the weeping cherry tree blooms and lets go just as quickly, and I find myself wanting to hold onto it all—knowing I can’t.

These moments have been finding their way into my painting… and into how I think about caring for the earth in my everyday life.

Tomorrow, I’m sending a quiet Earth Day letter from my studio~part reflection, part inspiration with simple practices, films, and small ways I stay connected to the natural world.

If you’d like to receive it, I’d love to send it to you.💞

Join my studio letters, and I’ll share it with you in the morning 💌 https://bityl.co/RLIK

A little shift in the garden lately… 🌱

After a long New England winter, things are starting to come back into focus—color showing up again, light feeling a little different, everything softening into a new rhythm.

I love going out into the garden each day to see what's popping up and slowing down just enough to really see what’s changing.

There’s something about this time of year that always finds its way into my work.

Spring is a reminder that beauty doesn’t always arrive all at once… sometimes it’s already right in front of us, just waiting to be seen.

I’ll be sharing more about this (and a little studio + garden connection) in a blog post next week for National Gardening Day, if you feel like coming along for that... 🌿 https://bityl.co/MSbx 💌

What's your favorite spring flower?🌺🌸🌺