“Visual Abundance” Watercolors by Laurin McCracken
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center | Greenville, MS | January 6, 2011 - Februay 8, 2011
www.greenville-arts-council.com

November 2010 Article: Southwest Art Magazine - Catching the Light "..McCracken’s long career in architecture and marketing gave him much more than a chance to experience original art around the world. It honed his already detail-oriented mind, trained him in drafting and photography, and was responsible for taking him to a place where he met the perfect watercolor instructor."

My studio is included in a story about three artist studios in the August 2009 issue of “Watercolor Artist” magazine. You can see these magazine pages in the Awards & InPrint section.

I am the featured artist on this month’s (September ’09) web site for Trekell Brushes, http://www.trekell.com/Featured-Artist_ep_41.html

"Bicycles - Amsterdam" has been accepted for inclusion in the Splash 11. A sepia ink drawing done on the Greek island of Napflion, titled Sunset Town Center, Napflion will be in North Light’s Book on drawing titled Strokes of Genius 2.

Laurin's painting "Williamsburg Soldiers" a finalist for the cover contest in the Summer 2009 issue of American Artist Watercolor - Click Here to View (PDF)

American Art Collector magazine will include my painting Silver & Crystal with Magnolia in its March 2009 story about Still Life Painting, www.americanartcollector.com.  

Three paintings have been accepted in the Richeson 75: Still Life and Floral Competition: Water Media 2009. One of those, Peony - Explosion won Second Prize.

I am pleased to report that my paintings have been published in Collection and Appreciation (PDF) Magazine in China, and Chinese Watercolor Quarterly(PDF). My new e-mail friend Zhou Tianya is responsible for making this happen and I want to thank him for his efforts. Tianya is a wonderful watercolorist and won First Place in this year’s International Show of the Watercolor Society of Houston.

I am pleased to report thul watercolorist and won First Place in this year’s International Show of the Watercolor Society of Houston.

My studio is included in a story about three artist studios in the August 2009 issue of “Watercolor Artist” magazine. You can see these magazine pages in the Awards & InPrint section.

I have been informed that my painting, Silver and Crystal with Magnolia is a Finalist in International Magazine’s Floral and Still Life Competition. Look for it in their November-December issue. This painting is in the new Gallery

Three paintings were accepted in the Richeson 75: Figure/Portrait 2009 Competition: Watermedia. One of the Cowboy with Red Kerchief can be seen on their website: http://www.richeson75.com/portrait/artistpages/mccrackin_01.html

Due to the high quality of craftmanship, compotion and creativity in noted works such as "Bicycles Amsterdam", "Tiger Lilies" and "Three Halves and a Quarter"; Laurin has been chosen recently to be a Juried Member of The International Guild of Realism. He is looking forward to the juried gallery exhibition later this year, and participating in invitational Realism exhibitions and other art projects coming soon. www.realismguild.com

11th Annual Faces International Juried Online Art Exhibition
March 1, 2009 - February 28, 2010 - www.UpstreamPeopleGallery.com

I was the Juror of the Louisiana Watercolor Society’s 39th International Exhibition, and gave a three day  workshop on “Painting Silver and Crystal” in New Orleans.

Richeson 75: Still Life & Floral 2008, Richeson School of Art & Gallery
Kimberly, WI | richeson75.com | T: 800-233-2404

Southside Gallery - southsidegallery.com/whatson.htm
150 Courthouse Square, Oxford, Mississippi 38655 | (662) 234-9090 | September 1- 18, 2008

Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Contemporary American Realism: 2008 Biennial
September 13 - November 2, 2008 | www.fwmoa.org | T: 260-422-6467

March 2007 | Jack Meier Gallery
2310 Bissonnet - Houston , TX 77005 | T: 713 - 526 2983
Two Man Show with Watercolorist, Herb Rather

Tennessee Art league presents - Laurin McCracken in the Premiere Gallery
October 1 – December 1, 2006
Artist Reception: 6-8 PM Friday October 13
Tennessee Art league | 808 Broadway Nashville , TN 37203 | T: 615 – 736 5000

July 2 - August 5, 2007 | Southside Gallery
A Three Artist Show - Watercolor, Ceramics and Photography
150 Courthouse Square, Oxford, Mississippi | T: 662 - 234 9090, www.southsideoxford.com

March 3 - April 28, 2007 | One Man Show | Weatherby House Gallery, Greenville Arts Council
503 Washington Ave., Greenville, Mississippi, T: 601 - 332 2246

Artist's Magazine - November 2006
"Projecting and Art" - Click here to view (PDF)

One Man Show – Premiere Gallery, The Tennessee Art League
October 05, 2005 – November 05, 2005
808 Broadway, Nashville, TN, T: 615 – 298 4072, www.tennesseeartleague.org

Carlisle Gallery, 510 Samford Street, Auburn, AL
Through December 2005 - To view this show contact Helen Carlisle at 334 – 821 7209

The Christmas Show, A Group Show
December 2005 - Southside Gallery, 150 Courthouse Square, Oxford, Mississippi, T: 662 – 234 9090, www.southsideoxford.com

Meridian Museum of Art | Meridian, MS – September 10, 2005
www.meridianmuseum.org | T: 601-693-1501 | Click here to read about the show

The Carlyle Gallery in Auburn, Alabama
May 3, 2005 thru May 30, 2005

Work Featured at the J. Proctor Gallery, Seaside, Florida – November 2004

See my work featured in the: Watercolor Magazine
– Inspired by Dutch & Flemish Still Lifes by M. Stephen Doherty, October, 2004

One-man show at Memphis Botanic Garden

Watercolors by Laurin McCracken were on view from January 28, 2004 through March 4, 2004 at the Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road, Memphis, T: 685-1566.  The show included paintings of flowers from the Botanic Garden as well as Still Life Paintings with Flowers. The opening reception was Friday, January 30, 2004.