2009 - 2012 
      
        - I had some paintings shown over the Summer of 2013 in Santa Fe, NM at theGreenberg Fine Arts Gallery, 205 Canyon Road. Thanks to Mark Greenberg for his help in showing my watercolors.
 
        - August 22 – October 31, 2013 - Gadsden Cultural Arts Center, 501 Broad Street, Gadsden, AL. This will ne a one man show. I will be there for the meet the artist program on Oct. 6th, more information at www.culturalarts.org.
 
        - September 21 – October 21, 2013 - The Cassidy Bayou Gallery, 103 Court Street, Sumner, MS. This is a group show with Stephanie Harrover, Gerald Deloach and Martin Arnold. Hope to see many of you at the opening on the afternoon of September 21, 2013. www.cassidybayou.org. 
 
        - Summer 2013 in Sante Fe, NM: Greenberg Fine Arts Gallery, 205 Canyon Road. Tell Mark Greenberg hello when you stop in to see my watercolors. 
 
        - “Visual Abundance” Watercolors by Laurin McCracken
 
          E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center | Greenville, MS | January 6, 2011 - Februay 8, 2011 
          www.greenville-arts-council.com 
        - Visual Abundance will be showing in Brookhaven, MS - August 30 until September 30, 2011. Join us at the reception, September 15 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Lincoln County Library, 100 South Jackson Street Brookhaven, Mississippi 39601, Tel: 601-833-3369.
 
        - “Visual Abundance” Watercolors by Laurin McCracken - E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center | Greenville, MS | January 6, 2011 - Februay 8, 2011 - Please visit www.greenville-arts-council.com for more info.
 
        - Pure Sapphire and Strawberries in Silver Dish were selected for inclusion in the Bi-State Show of the Meridian Museum of Art in Meridian, MS. 
 
        - Silver and Crystal with Grappa and Magnolia is included in The Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, 29th Annual Juried Exhibition
 
        - The Southside Gallery in Oxford, Mississippi (www.southside.com) will be hosting a two artist show of my paintings and those of Norma Bourdeaux. The show dates are September 5 through September 25. I hope you will join us for the reception Thursday evening 16 September 6-8 PM.
 
     
      
        - I have had paintings selected for inclusion in two of the most important art shows in the international market; the Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition, www.shzjjwatercolour.com and the 2010 Beijing International Art Biennale (BIAB), www.bjbiennale.com.cn/en.
 
        - 11th Annual Faces International Juried Online Art Exhibition
 
        February 28, 2010 - March 1, 2010  -  www.UpstreamPeopleGallery.com 
       
      
        - I was the Juror of the Louisiana Watercolor Society’s 39th International Exhibition, and gave a three day  workshop on “Painting Silver and Crystal” in New Orleans.
 
       
      2007 - 2008 
       
      
        -  Richeson 75: Still Life & Floral 2008, Richeson School of Art & Gallery - Kimberly, WI | richeson75.com | T: 800-233-2404
 
        - Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Contemporary American Realism: 2008 Biennial - Sept - Nov, 2008 | T: 260-422-6467 | www.fwmoa.org | View as PDF
 
        - Laurin was featured in the Oct / Nov 2008 issue of International Artist - Click Here to View (PDF)
 
        - THE 
          CREATIVE 
            LIFE, Up Close with Local People in the Arts - Laurin is featured in the Fort Worth Star Telegram 
          on May 11, 2008. Click 
            here to view the story.
 
        - Splash 
          10 - Details- Edited by Rachel Wolf, Published by North Light Books - View Book on Amazon
 
        - Southside Gallery - southsidegallery.com/whatson.htm - 150 Courthouse Square, 
          Oxford, Mississippi 38655 | (662) 234-9090 | 
          Sept, 2008 
 
        - Sept - Nov 2008 - Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Contemporary American Realism: 2008 Biennial - www.fwmoa.org - T: 260-422-6467 
 
        - July 
          - Aug, 2007 | Southside Gallery - A Three Artist Show - 
          Watercolor, Ceramics and Photography - 150 Courthouse Square, Oxford, Mississippi | T: 662 - 234 9090, www.southsideoxford.com
 
       
      
        - March 
          3 - April 28, 2007 - One Man Show | 
          Weatherby House Gallery, Greenville Arts Council - 503 Washington Ave., Greenville, Mississippi, 
          T: 601 - 332 2246
 
        - American 
          Watercolor Society - 2007 
            Exhibition 
 
        - March 
          2007 - Jack Meier Gallery - 2310 Bissonnet - 
          Houston , TX 77005 | 
          T: 713 - 526 2983 - Two Man Show with Watercolorist, 
            Herb Rather
 
       
      2004 - 2006 
      
      
        - Oct - Dec, 2006 - Tennessee 
          Art league presents 
          Laurin McCracken in the Premiere Gallery - Tennessee Art league - 
          808 Broadway -
          Nashville , TN 37203 | 
          T: 615 - 736 5000 
 
        - Through 
          Dec 2005 - Carlisle Gallery, 510 Samford Street, Auburn, 
          AL - To 
          view this show contact Helen Carlisle at 334 - 
          821 7209
 
        - Dec 
          2005 - 
          The Christmas Show, A Group Show - Southside 
          Gallery, 150 Courthouse Square, Oxford, Mississippi |
          T: 662 - 234 9090 | www.southsideoxford.com
 
        - Oct - Nov, 2005 - One Man Show - Premiere Gallery, The Tennessee 
          Art League - 808 Broadway, Nashville, TN | T: 615 - 298 
          4072 | www.tennesseeartleague.org
 
        - Sept, 2005 - Meridian 
          Museum of Art | Meridian, MS - www.meridianmuseum.org | T: 601-693-1501 | Click 
            here to read about the show
 
        - The Carlyle Gallery in Auburn, Alabama - May, 2005 - by invitation 
          only
 
        - Work 
          Featured at the J. Proctor Gallery, Seaside, Florida                                – November 2004
 
        - See 
          Laurin's work featured in "Watercolor Magazine" – Inspired by Dutch & Flemish Still 
          Lifes by M. Stephen Doherty, October, 2004 
 
        - Jan - March 4, 2004 - One-man 
          show at Memphis Botanic Garden - Watercolors 
          by Laurin McCracken were on view from  at the Memphis 
            Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road, Memphis, T: 685-1566. 
           The show included paintings of flowers from 
          the Botanic Garden as well as Still Life Paintings 
          with Flowers. The opening reception was Friday, 
          January 30, 2004. The 
            show was in two galleries. Gallery 1 showed paintings 
            of flowers of the Memphis Botanic Gardens. Gallery 
            2 showed still life paintings with flowers and other 
            florals. 
 
       
      
        
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                Philadelphia 
                  Water Color Society 
                  103rd Anniversary International Exhibition 
                of Works on Paper  
                Show Dates: Nov. 2 , 2003 - January 11, 2004
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              White 
                Roses 
                Recognized with the Dolores Rogers Memorial Award  
                Niagara 
                  Frontier Watercolor Society  
                  National Exhibition '03 | Oct. 12 - November 16, 
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              Magnolia 
                Trio 
                The Adirondack Exhibition of American Watercolor - www.ncpr.org  
                It was honored with the George Sponable Memorial 
                Award 
                Show dates; August 29 – October 4, 2003  | 
             
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              Winter 
                Rose - Pittsburgh Watercolor 
                  Society 
                 This painting was also an alternate in 
                  the San Diego Watercolor Society’s 2003 
                  show. 
                  Show dates: Oct. 9 – Nov. 8, 2003  | 
             
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              "Leland 
                Oil Works, Leland , Miss., Demolished 2003" 
                Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art 2003 Show - A 
                Sense of Place: 
                 Continuity and Change in the New South 
                Show dates: Sept. 9 – Oct. 24, 2003 | 
             
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              Creamer 
                  Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art 2003 Show - A 
                  Sense of Place: 
                   Continuity and Change in the New South 
                Show dates: Sept. 9 – Oct. 24, 2003 | 
             
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