Laurie Shapiro is inspired by the  natural world and by patterns that repeat in all things.  Many of her  drawings come from nature - her flowers are inspired by the places she  has lived in and visited: succulents, plants from California, "female"  imagined flowers, outer space flowers.  She screen prints these drawn  images onto various fabrics and then hand sews them as repetitive  elements onto mixed media paintings.  Her work comes from within, ideas  pop out at her and she tries her best to just go with them.  She sees  worlds of magic and beauty in the trees and the flowers: a grounded and  mystical connection she knows exists in all things and shares in her  pieces.