Artist Spotlight: Laurie Van Mondfrans

BOMH ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

• Name: Laurie Van Mondfrans
• City: Dardenne Prairie
• Business Name: LVMdesigns
• Medium: Jewelry
• Facebook Link: LVMdesigns
• Instagram Link: @lvmdesigns_artjewelry
• Website Link: LVMdesigns.etsy.com
• Any other online shops? (Fine Art America, Etsy?) LVMdesignsjewelry.com
• Juried/Not Juried? Juried
• How Long a BOMH Member? 10 months
• Why did you join BOMH? To learn from others about selling my work.
• Do you make your living from being an artist? Yes
• Other Jobs you have had in your life? Grew up on a farm, raising chickens, riding horses, moving pipe, driving tractors and trucks as soon as I could push down a clutch and shift gears. Retail sales at a boutique. Illustrator/Graphic Designer for USU. After graduating from Utah State University with a BFA in Illustration , I was a Designer/Illustrator/Art Director for several design studios and advertising agencies in Salt Lake City.
• Hobbies? I loved to ski and ride horses.
• What kind of pets do you have? Dogs
• Favorite Vacation or a Dream Vacation. Riding horses on the beach.
• How long have you been creating art? All my life. Professionally, 40 years plus
• Where did you grow up? Rural Idaho.
• Where your parents creative? Father, mechanical engineer extraordinar, could build anything and did build everything.
• What inspired you to start creating art? I loved to draw. I was facinated with nature, the human form, fashion, design, painting and architecture.
• What do you enjoy most about creating art? Getting lost in the process, solving problems when issues occur in creating a piece of jewelry.
• Where do you sell your art? Art fairs, Etsy, local galleries.
• Do you do shows/exhibits? Yes
• Any upcoming shows/exhibits? Laumeier Art Festival
• Are you in any galleries/shops? Currently Stone Soup Galleries and Artisans in the Loop, have shown at Green Door Gallery and a few other area local galleries and boutiques.
• What is your favorite thing to create? Pendants