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My heart is Full! I’m thrilled to say that my vision has been realized after what has nearly been two years of dedication. This painting will be featured in my latest “Soul Expression” series. So stay tuned for more information and original works by yours truly!
Laughing Lion Heart / 4’x4’ / Melted Crayon on Salvaged Barn Wood / 2018
I am both Excited and Honored to be participating in the Local Author's Expo at the Birmingham Public Library on Saturday August 11, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. I am looking forward to seeing many happy faces at this FREE EVENT, and sharing the fruits of my labor with others who are as passionate about art and literature as I am!
Below is a photo and interview posted by Birmingham Public Library:
Book: Finding Me Beneath the Kapok Tree (March 2018)
How to reach author: website: www.rebearthpublications.com; Facebook: Lauren Bailey; Instagram: Rebearthling1
Quote Bailey uses as a guide in life: “I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.”– Zora Neale Hurston
In her new children’s book, Finding Me Beneath the Kapok Tree, Birmingham native Lauren Bailey chronicles the life of a baby elephant that searches for an identity all his own. She hopes that through his journey of self-discovery, readers will, like the baby elephant, learn that they too already have everything they need for success in life on the inside.
Bailey will be among 39 authors and publishers featured at the Birmingham Public Library’s 2018 Local Authors Expo at the Central Library on Saturday, August 11, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
“I am beyond excited about participating in the Local Author’s Expo for the first time,” Bailey said. “This amazing opportunity gives me the chance to connect with others who are as passionate about art and literature as I am!”
Finding Me Beneath the Kapok Tree is simply about coming into your own by trying and failing, and celebrating the unique gifts others have to offer the world. Bailey said it was originally inspired by a close friend who was having her first child.
“I simply intended for it to be a gift and nothing more,” she said. “However, I happened to share this book with my sister before giving it to my friend. When my sister read it tears began to roll down her cheeks. She looked up at me and said, “You are the baby elephant.”
Bailey said she was taken aback because it had not occurred to her that she was the baby elephant.
“Then I realized that we all have been the baby elephant at some point in our lives or still are the baby elephant, and in that moment I realized that I needed to share this book with others,” Bailey said.
Bailey is graduated from Auburn University with a degree in art and a minor in Mandarin Chinese. She is passionate about inspiring others through creative expression as well as maintaining and preserving the integrity of this planet’s natural resources and the life it supports.
Bailey’s passion for wildlife and the environment was inspired by her late father, Brian T. Bailey. She donates a portion of her profit from every creative endeavor she undertakes to a different wildlife or environmental organization in his honor.
Just wanted you all to know what I've been up to these days! Can't wait to share more adventures with y'all!! I am thrilled to say that we were able to donate $640.00 to this incredible organization!! Dreams are Coming TRUE!!!
It's no secret that our Book Release Party for Finding Me Beneath The Kapok Tree was a Great Success! I am honored and humbled by each and every person's show of support. Thanks to the incredible turnout we are able to donate $622.00 and growing to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee! We still have book orders coming in nearly every day so I believe that number will grow between now and the time we write the check to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Remember to keep your eyes pealed for new updates and the BIG reveal of our new featured organization who will receive the next donation. Thank you again for your love and support! Together we will all leave our own brilliant mark on this world by celebrating creative expression and supporting/protecting the life and natural resources this world has to offer.
Work in progress: Laughing Lion Heart/4'x4'/Melted Crayon on Barn wood/2017
When approaching this canvas of salvaged barn wood that is roughly 4'x4', there was an undeniable pang of fear that forced itself to the surface of my awareness. That fear is probably one that most, if not all, artists experience at one point of their career or another. The fear started as a whisper but quickly became a booming voice, echoing in my head, "What are you going to put on this giant thing?" I closed my eyes, took in a long soothing breath, and in the garden of my heart was a magnificent lion. He was at peace and radiated a quiet strength that shifted me back into the present moment. It was in that space that I couldn't help but laugh at how I let a little voice grow into something so imposing, and I knew that the "Laughing Lion Heart" would take his rightful place on "that giant thing," the canvas.
