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About Me
Hello!
I'M Laura Gannarelli
Welcome! I've always loved the "art of creating." I've been fortunate to follow my design passions as a graphic designer, creative director and brand advocate for my clients. I love what I do but missed the "pure creative process" in which I get to be messy, and let the energy flow. That's my element. That's my happy place. That's what these paintings are. It's capturing the pet's Ch'i on paper. I have to know, and yet not know what I'm doing and get into this calm yet energetic state of mind in which the energy is transferred to paper in every stroke. I've combined my love of art, craft and 20+ years of graphic design know-how into beautiful high end products which I've created specifically for Youngi. -Youngi |Laura Gannarelli
Inspiration
I was inspired by my friend's rescue dog Maizy. I met her and I HAD to paint her. I haven't painted since college, over 20 years ago, and never animals! So what made me think that I could do it? I didn't. But what I had was this "need to paint!" While I was creating these paintings, and hearing the touching stories of "how they met" I realized that like myself, all the pets were rescues. When I read my friends' stories and the process they went through, I found myself relating on a very emotional level. I too am an adoptee, and the similarities to my journey of finding a loving home with my adoptee parents in the U.S. resonated.
Their story is my story.
Techniques
Unlike a photographic or full-color likeness, Laura’s Sumi artistic style depicts the spirit (Ch’i) unique to each pet and brings that beauty alive through each vibrant stroke. Her technique brings a spontaneity, a controlled chaos that grasps the true essence of the pets she paints that “jumps off the page,” as her customers often share. Also being a Korean adoptee, she understands in a very emotional personal way the long journeys these pets have made to find their forever home just and is always top of mind when she paints.
She also signs her painting with her seal or "chop" with traditional red ink. This stamp has significance to her. She bought the stamp when she went to Seoul, South Korea in 2003, her first trip back since coming to the U.S. It there that she decided to claim her original Korean name. It wasn't until the paintings that she decided to use it in a public way. "This chop is very special to me. When I had to decide how I was going to sign my painting, I immediately went to the drawer that held this special stamp. There was no question in my mind. When I sign the paintings with this stamp, it seals the relationship that I have with the pet that I have gone on this emotional journey, and like them, I have claimed my rightful place."
UPCOMING EVENTS 2021
Revive Handmade Markets
When: Sunday September 12, 10:00am-3:0pm
Where: Arlington Heights, IL
When: Sunday September 12, 10:00am-3:0pm
Where: Arlington Heights, IL
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Renegade Craft Fair
When: Saturday & Sunday, September 18-19
Where: Division St. between Damen Ave + Ashalnd Ave. Wicker Park, Chicago, IL 60622
When: Saturday & Sunday, September 18-19
Where: Division St. between Damen Ave + Ashalnd Ave. Wicker Park, Chicago, IL 60622
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STORES I'M IN
Wolfbait & B Girls: 3131 W Logan Blvd,
Chicago, IL 60647
Chicago, IL 60647
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Inspiration
I was inspired by my friend's rescue dog Maizy. I met her and I HAD to paint her. I haven't painted since college, over 20 years ago, and never animals! So what made me think that I could do it? I didn't. But what I had was this "need to paint!" While I was creating these paintings, and hearing the touching stories of "how they met" I realized that like myself, all the pets were rescues. When I read my friends' stories and the process they went through, I found myself relating on a very emotional level. I too am an adoptee, and the similarities to my journey of finding a loving home with my adoptee parents in the U.S. resonated.
Their story is my story.
Techniques
Unlike a photographic or full-color likeness, Laura’s Sumi artistic style depicts the spirit (Ch’i) unique to each pet and brings that beauty alive through each vibrant stroke. Her technique brings a spontaneity, a controlled chaos that grasps the true essence of the pets she paints that “jumps off the page,” as her customers often share. Also being a Korean adoptee, she understands in a very emotional personal way the long journeys these pets have made to find their forever home just and is always top of mind when she paints.
She also signs her painting with her seal or "chop" with traditional red ink. This stamp has significance to her. She bought the stamp when she went to Seoul, South Korea in 2003, her first trip back since coming to the U.S. It there that she decided to claim her original Korean name. It wasn't until the paintings that she decided to use it in a public way. "This chop is very special to me. When I had to decide how I was going to sign my painting, I immediately went to the drawer that held this special stamp. There was no question in my mind. When I sign the paintings with this stamp, it seals the relationship that I have with the pet that I have gone on this emotional journey, and like them, I have claimed my rightful place."
UPCOMING EVENTS 2021
Pop Up Market at District Brew Yards
Local beer, food truck and 40+ local small businesses!
Where: 417 N Ashland Ave., Chicago IL, 60622
When: Sunday August 15
When: Sunday August 15
Time: NOON-5pm
STORES I'M IN
Wolfbait & B Girls: 3131 W Logan Blvd,
Chicago, IL 60647
Chicago, IL 60647
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