Laura Castell Artist

I find myself frequently visiting blogs that I have read for years now and although social media provides a nice level of contact with other people, how much we can say is very limited. So I am wanting to write more frequent blogs, as a […]

2020 started like not that long ago and is almost over! I think that the presence in social media, something I find is a must for an emerging artist like myself, takes away the energy necessary to update blogs and websites. I still think a […]

I am really happy to say that I won the overall prize for the Townsville Art Society Awards this year, a second prize for the works on paper category and a highly commended also for that category. The winning piece is a largish woodcut (a […]

I have been using Facebook and Instagram as a way to share my artistic experience. I do love sharing, often experiments, works in progress, little moments that result in a drawing. There is something about the reason for sharing that is hard to explain. I […]

Things are now back to normal after a nice relaxing, not too busy holiday break. I hope all of you had a nice time and feel refreshed to put the energy in for an interesting and great year! In November last year I had the […]

I decided today to forget a little about some deadlines coming up and trying to  produce work that can be displayed to a public and sometimes that helps so much in producing something one likes. It is however not easy to separate that feeling from […]

The continuing and increasing number of people having to leave their homelands and seek refuge somewhere else is  very sad. It is in fact impossible to imagine how it feels to have to leave the home, the place, the friends, the life that you have […]

Hola! Feliz Año 2015 with lots of health and happiness! Hoping deeply for a wonderful year for all, to find more peace in the world and more contentment. I have a new website and I am still in the process of moving things over. I am […]

Today is a big day…. I am going a bit later to the Perc Tucker Gallery to help mount my exhibition on ‘Birds and Other Creatures’, to be displayed in the showcase. It has been a very intense month, working hard to produce some new […]

I have been quiet for quite some time. All is good but this is now what I will call “an adjustment period’. After many years of work I have taken the decision to quit my ‘other’ job. In terms of piece of mind it feels […]