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Laura Moser Art | Cashiers NC
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: 2020/10 - October
The arrival of Laura Moser and Merrell Thompson on the Plateau Art Scene makes so much sense when you look at all the factors involved.
For Laura, it began with a degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, followed by a career in advertising. She furthered her artistic acumen with Fine Arts study at the University of Houston.
She opened Laura Moser Design in 2007 and earned a national reputation.
At the same time Laura was building her business, she was nurturing a passion for a more personal artistic expression.
“My work attempts to make sense of the chaotic world we live in, adding structure, hope and a sense of calm to an otherwise tumultuous setting,” she says.
Her art blossomed when she joined a studio in Atlanta and shared space with other artists.
Well, Covid turned her cozy city life upside down, and she and her husband found themselves in Cashiers waiting out the craziness and uncertainty, but her passion for artistic expression only grew more intense.
“I was going crazy not being able to paint (my cottage is tiny!),” she says “Every day I walked past the Newton Bryson House (built in 1915). The owner was nice enough to rent it to me and I moved everything here from the Atlanta studio in May!”
Which brings us to her friend and studio partner Merrell Thompson, who also shared space with her in Atlanta. Merrell’s a nationally-recognized photographer who’s lived all over, before she settled (for the moment) in Cashiers.
Her works celebrate the majesty of nature and the ways that humanity interacts with the natural world.
You can see the fruits of Laura and Merrell’s creative impulses (and those of a select group of artists) at their gallery/studio at 372 Valley Road in Cashiers.
To really get a feel for this enterprise, you really should stop in for a browse and a chat. If you can’t do that, visit lauramoserart.com and merrellthompson.com.
