My name is Laurie Bouchard, a middle aged female artist, of French and Swedish decent, born on the eastern coast of the United States of America situated in a small town in Connecticut . Both parents having come from Northern Maine, it was not long before our family moved back north. I now live in Presque Isle Maine in a beautiful home with a great view. I dappled with art growing up but it was not until I picked up a paint brush as a young adult that I fell in love with the freedom of expression that is art .