Tidbits | Laura Ferrara

Laura Ferrara's paintings are enchanting. 

There is such a  dreamlike, ethereal nature to her work.

I wanted to know a bit more about the artist behind the paintings,

so I asked her a few questions, little snippets and tidbits ...

Meet Laura Ferrara of Emerson's Bookcase

My time is spent painting, drawing and taking care of my children. 

My husband takes care of me! 

I work in a school bookstore to help out with the bills.

If you had to choose another profession, what would you do? 

I would love to be able to paint and make a living 

but if I couldn't do that then I would be a writer or a musician. 

If I could change my brain and make it mathematically inclined 

I would definitely be a physicist.

 If you could travel in time, past or future, where and when would you go? 

I would live in the first half of the twentieth century 

coming into my prime in the twenties, thirties and forties, 

primarily due to all the amazing art that was being created during that time 

but also because of the culmination of so many political and 

philosophical ideas that ultimately became a catalyst 

for the championing of human rights. 

 If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be? 

Forster's Mr. Emerson from A Room With A View.  

If you could trade places with any historical figure for a day, 

who would you choose? 

Virginia Woolf 

because I'd love to spend one day 

living with her extraordinary powers of observation.  

A movie is made about your life, 

whom would you choose to play the lead as you? 

Irene Dunne because, to quote Roddy McDowell, 

"How can you not like Irene Dunne." 

What book are you currently reading? 

Words on Air, a correspondence between 

Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop. 

What music are you listening to now? 

Right now - my new favorite is Seabear. 

What is your favorite Latin motto or phrase? 

"cras amet qui nunquam amavit; quique amavit, cras amet" 

 "May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; 

And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well"  

One or two artists whose work makes your heart flutter: 

Two that always cause my heart to skip a beat are 

Milton Avery and Vilhelm Hammershøi.

You can find Laura's work here:

  Larabee and Liza

Emerson's Bookcase