Major Articles:

• Watercolor – October 2004 - “Inspired by Dutch and Flemish Still Lifes” by Stephen Doherty
• Artist’s magazine – March 2005 - “A New Way of Seeing”
• Watercolor Magic (now Watercolor Artist) - April 2006 – “Stunning Realism – The Architecture of Detail"
• Artist’s magazine – November 2006 – “Projecting and Art”
• American Artist – October / November 2005 – "Painting in the Digital Age”
  
• American Artist’s Drawing magazine – Summer 2005 – “Dreams of Construction”
• Watercolor Artist – August 2009 – "Inside the Artists' Studio" - My studio is included in a story about three artist studios.

2009 - 2010

• "Bicycles - Amsterdam" has been accepted for inclusion in the Splash 11 (2010). A sepia ink drawing done on the Greek island of Napflion, titled Sunset Town Center, Napflion will be in North Light’s Book on drawing titled Strokes of Genius 2.
• Sept 09 - I am pleased to report that my paintings have been published in Collection and Appreciation (PDF) Magazine in China, and Chinese Watercolor Quarterly (PDF). My new e-mail friend Zhou Tianya is responsible for making this happen and I want to thank him for his efforts. Tianya is a wonderful watercolorist and won First Place in this year’s International Show of the Watercolor Society of Houston.
• Nov 2010 Article: Southwest Art Magazine - Catching the Light "..McCracken’s long career in architecture and marketing gave him much more than a chance to experience original art around the world. It honed his already detail-oriented mind, trained him in drafting and photography, and was responsible for taking him to a place where he met the perfect watercolor instructor."
• I am the featured artist on this month’s (September ’09) web site for Trekell Brushes, http://www.trekell.com/Featured-Artist_ep_41.html. 
• American Art Collector magazine will include my painting Silver & Crystal with Magnolia in its March 2009 story about Still Life Painting, www.americanartcollector.com.  
• Splash 10 - Details (2009) - Edited by Rachel Wolf, Published by North Light Books - View Book on Amazon

• International Artist - Oct / Nov 2008 - Click Here to View (PDF)
• THE CREATIVE LIFE, Up Close with Local People in the Arts - Laurin was featured in the Fort Worth Star Telegram on May 11, 2008. Click here to view the story.
• Watercolor Magic - Dec 2007 - "Striking Silver "(PDF)
• A Celebration of Light: Painting the Textures of Light in Watercolor, by Jane Freeman - Available on Amazon - Published by North Light Books, 2007

• Artist's Magazine - Nov 2006 - "Projecting and Art"(PDF)
• BuyOutsideTheBox.com - May 2006 -"Borrowing" in Art
• Star Telegram Article - April 2006 - Engineering firm hires chief with an unusual title(PDF)
• Watercolor Magic (now Watercolor Artist - April 2006 - Click here to view the publication (PDF)
• Splash 9 (2006) - 144 page book with 140 illustrations - Features 7 paintings by Laurin - Click here for details
• International Artist - Oct / Nov 2005 - Click here to view the publication (PDF)
• American Artist - Oct / Nov 2005 - Click here to view the publication (PDF)
• Commercial Appeal - Sept 22, 2005 - Click here to view the publication
• Meridian Museum of Art - Meridian, MS – September 10, 2005 - Click here to read about the show!
• American Artist Drawing Magazine - Summer 2005 - "Dreams of Construction", p. 102 - Click here to view the publication (1MB PDF)
• Watercolor Magic - Aug 2005 - 2005 WaterMedia Showcase, P. 41
• The Commercial Appeal - April 2005 - McCracken watercolors at Durden
• Artist's Magazine - March 2005 - Click here to view the publication (PDF)
• International Artist Magazine - Feb / March 2005 | "The Burning Question - How did you paint that?" , p. 139
• 100 Ways to Paint Still Life and Florals, Volume 2 - International Artist Publishing Inc, 2005

• The Commercial Appeal - "McCracken's vision of still life is a-changing" - October 8, 2004
• Watercolor – Oct 2004 - “Inspired by Dutch and Flemish Still Lifes” by Stephen Doherty
  International Artist Magazine, October/November 2004 - Master Painters of the World, US Showcase, pp. 32-33
• 100 Ways to Paint Still Life & Florals – International Artist Publishing Inc., 2004

Awards Archive:

• Watercolor Society of Alabama - 2007 OnLine Exhibition - Laurin's Reflections in Silver was awarded top honors
• Old Forge Hardware Award - 2005 Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolor 
• Daler-Rowney USA Award and Degas Pastel Society Award - Louisiana Watercolor Society 35th International Exhibition 
• Da Vinci Paint Co., Inc and St. Cuthbert Mill Award - 28th Annual Juried Show, Aqueous 2005 of the Kentucky Watercolor Society 
• Board of Directors' Award - 28th International Exhibition Watercolor Art Society - Houston 2005
• Award of Merit - 28th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Southern Watercolor Society
• Totally Transparent Watercolor Award "Best of Show" - 29th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Tennessee Watercolor Society
• Golden Brush Award - 27th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Southern Watercolor Society
• Patrons of the Arts Awards - 55th Annual Exhibition of the Texas Watercolor Society
• Connoisseur Brush Award - 36th National Exhibition of the California Watercolor Society
• George Sponable Memorial Award - Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolor
• Daler-Rowney USA Award - Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Aqueous 2003
• Delores Rogers Memorial/ Rosemarie Cardoso Award - Philadelphia Water Color Society 103rd Anniversary International Exhibition of Works on Paper

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