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Welcome to Be Herd CommunicationsWORK
Be Herd Communications has three areas of focus to serve YOU!
Art and culture—this work is creative, highlighting local with roots in the natural world! Browse the art on my site and see what went into the process of creating it!
Supporting local business and groups through event planning and promotion. Here I share events of interest: past, present and future, as well as, cultural activities that take place locally and beyond. As Creative Director I passionately promote local businesses and groups and discuss how their work impacts our area of Simcoe County; all with a creative approach. The work tells a story about people and events in my life and the community goings-on that are important to me.
And…being a healthy lifestyle advocate. It embraces healthy living as I discuss my journey with Young Living Essential Oils and how they have given me and others who use them a lifestyle alternative.
Overall, the mission of Be Herd Communications and the work shows the importance of building relationships, forming partnerships and supporting the people who live, work, play and learn in our community. The work shown here represents me and portrays the many ways that I can help you.
SERVICES
ART
Promotions
Essential Oils
ART
Let’s talk art! My subject matter is highly influenced by the natural world and the people I know and places I have visited. I work across landscape, still life and portraiture as well as mixed media collage as platforms for social comment or folly.
Stay connected
Laurie would be pleased to keep in touch and share information about her art, promoting your business or incorporating essential oils into your life. Contact Laurie today and she’ll be in touch.
ABOUT
Herd’s camera is her primary tool to capture reference images to paint, often from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle. Mixed media collage pieces often tell a story or infer a theme or meaning and utilize repurposed found objects or paper pieces and paint.
Growing up in a family of makers and participation in performance art over the years have influenced Herd’s art making through the exploration of colour, texture, shape, pattern and rhythm while Impressionist painting techniques have influenced Herd’s painting style.
Herd has shown her work in galleries in Orillia and Midland, Ontario.
The heart of my work is storytelling and I attempt to evoke feeling through my use of texture, colour, pattern and rhythm. My preferred media are painting, collage and natural objects; each work composed and presented as an enticement to an observer to enter a scene that I have created.
My subject matter is highly influenced by the natural world and the people I know and places I have visited. I work across landscape, portraiture and mixed media collage as platforms for social comment or folly.
Laurie Herd has been a Young Living Member (#3399040) and Ambassador since 2015. Using essential oils in daily living have provided natural and toxic free choices in her home, for personal care as well as fitness and lifestyle support.
Laurie would be pleased to talk to you and share information about her art, promoting your business or incorporating essential oils into your life through Be Herd Communications. Contact her today.
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PROMOTIONS
Be Herd Communications promotes your business activities and events with creative solutions via community and media engagement, partnership development, visual presentation, planning and writing and editing.
Stay connected
Laurie would be pleased to keep in touch and share information about her art, promoting your business or incorporating essential oils into your life. Contact Laurie today and she’ll be in touch.
ESSENTIAL OILS
Celebrate harmony between nature, body, mind, and soul. Natural plant based essences by Young Living used daily offer benefits in healthy living; in the home, for personal care, fitness and lifestyle support with these pure Seed to Seal Essential Oil products.
OUR BLOG
My March’20 Young Living Essential Rewards Order
My Young Living EO order came a couple of days ago after waiting only a week plus 2 days in this crazy busy time. I took advantage of the Thieves Clean Hands kit of Thieves foam hand soap refill, Thieves foaming hand soap with dispenser and Thieves surface spray...
Inspired with the Art of Apples
There is a committed group of people with whom I regularly see at the Orillia Museum of Art and History (OMAH) during Life Drawing sessions. We occasionally also get together to draw and paint and to socialize in a Library space or at a member’s home or cottage....
Small Gallery Shows – Hibernation Arts in Orillia Arts District
Oh the good fortune to be an artist and live in Orillia with a thriving arts community and many galleries and shops that support local work. Group shows with themed expressions take place very often throughout the year and provide venues to display emerging artist...
Superb Essential Oils – Young Living Seed to Seal Standards
Although I did not know much about essential oils when I first joined in 2015 I was impressed with the quality of the products that Young Living offered. A pocket reference guide helped me to understand the properties and uses of single oils and oil blends and so I...
Urban Sketching Group in Orillia
The life of an artist can be a lonely existence especially when your studio is your office or kitchen/dining room table and you work by yourself. Being with others and creating helps me to fill up my energy and motivation bubble so I often take advantage of group art...
My Young Living Gateway Essential Oil: Lavendar
My journey with Young Living Essential Oils began with a Premium Starter Kit as a present for Christmas of 2015. With the kit I also received a face serum which I was excited to use. I have been taking care of my skin via cleansing, toning and moisturizing since an...
Women’s Day Art Show
Women have been participating in the International Women’s Day Art Show since 1997. With various styles and mediums utilized, the work is a powerful platform to identify the theme of the year from a female perspective. I have had the honour to show work at this event...
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