Laura Rhaiannon Powe

Laura’s art career spans over more than three decades and is rooted in a lifelong

love of creativity, teaching, and the expressive power of the arts. Raised by two

musical parents, she developed an early appreciation for the ways ideas,

emotions, and stories can be communicated through creative expression.

Her artistic education has carried her from the study of American Luminism in

the Mississippi Delta to Florence, Italy, where she studied landscape painting

alongside anatomy and figure drawing through an assistantship. These

experiences deepened her understanding of the human form and strengthened

her belief in the importance of observation, discipline, and continual artistic

exploration.

Following her studies in Florence, Laura began teaching art in Hattiesburg,

Mississippi. Over the years, teaching has become an integral part of her artistic

practice. As both an artist and a mother, she finds particular joy in nurturing the

creative spirit of children and encouraging them to discover the world through

their own imaginations. She is deeply interested in the ways making art can give

form to experiences that are difficult to express through words such as the

capacity for both joy and sorrow, the complexity of the human experience, and

the tension and harmony between the soul and the body. Teaching is more than

the sharing of artistic skills; it is a continuation of the conversation and

communion that exists between artists across generations.

For Laura, art is both a lifelong conversation and an invitation—to observe more

deeply, to feel more honestly, and to discover meaning through the act of creating.