About Me
I began my work as an illustrator in 1985 soon after the birth of my first child. Previous to marriage, at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, I graduated with a BA in English Literature and a minor in Religion, As a youth I was blessed with many creative gifts ~ chief among these were art, music and poetry. I collected books and loved delving into sacred texts. With the life changing event of my first born, I felt drawn to revisit the Bible ~ for a deep, devoted dive ~ which inspired the need for a sketch pad, a box of paints and a drafting table! With my baby napping beside me, I worked to develop a collection of greeting cards, all biblically based.
Within a few years I had three children under wing and a collection of 36 designs. In a prophecy taken from the book of Isaiah, I named the collection The Living Branch.
LAURIE
Horton
The Living Branch is a collection of scripturally inspired images that represent a contemporary expression of biblical verses and themes. Living Branch styles are distinctive, refreshing, and bold! Figures and details are crisp and precise! Designs seek to commune a reverential presence, like stained-glass windows of old, each with gilded treatments for a touch of splendor, reminiscent of medieval illuminated manuscripts.
THE COLLECTION
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed. Proverbs 3:18
You shall go out with joy; and be led forth with peace. Isaiah 55:12
He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1
For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller. The mighty God. The Everlasting Father: the Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
Parable of the Sower: Behold a sower went out to sow; and as he sowed some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of scil. But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them cut. And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfeld, sixty, and some thirty. He who has ears let him hear. Matthew 13:3-9