In late November 2017, myself, my husband and our youngest daughter left Australia bound for California, for an amazing opportunity to live in the Sierra Nevada mountains, near Lake Tahoe, for 4 months.
My husband has a ski patrol position in the Squaw Valley Ski Patrol and we have had an incredible experience being in these mountains for the winter and exploring California and Oregon.
As well as doing lots of skiing, cross country skiing and hiking, I have had the wonderful chance to rejuvenate my creative energy and be inspired by the area we are living in.
I have produced lots of new and exciting artworks that will be available as Original Artworks, Limited Edition Prints and greeting cards as soon as I return home to my Jan Juc studio mid march.
My husband has a ski patrol position in the Squaw Valley Ski Patrol and we have had an incredible experience being in these mountains for the winter and exploring California and Oregon.
As well as doing lots of skiing, cross country skiing and hiking, I have had the wonderful chance to rejuvenate my creative energy and be inspired by the area we are living in.
I have produced lots of new and exciting artworks that will be available as Original Artworks, Limited Edition Prints and greeting cards as soon as I return home to my Jan Juc studio mid march.
New artworks January 2018
These recent artworks are all inspired by quotes...some famous, some well known and some not so well known. They have all been created on my lap in my makeshift studio here in the house we are staying in, in Squaw Valley, California.
All images are Copyright Jenny Laidlaw 2018.
All images are Copyright Jenny Laidlaw 2018.
 "Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do" Amelia Earhart  "Throw of the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour, catch the trade wind in your sails. Explore, dream, discover" Mark Twain  "If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years, how man would marvel and stare" Ralph Waldo Emerson |  "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them" Henry David Thoreau  "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" Ralph Waldo Emerson  "A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song" Chinese Proverb |
 My studio! |  My makeshift studio from above |
During our travels, here are some of the things that have caught my eye and inspired me for possible future artworks.
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