Margaret (Spanks) Laurie-Abramo (1929 - 2012) Watercolor on Paper, Signed, Measures ( 13 x 19 inches) w/frame ( 19.5 x 25.5 inches) "The Legacy of Margaret Laurie", Exhibition review by Gail McCarthy, The Gloucester Times, online newspaper, Gloucester, Massachusetts, March 7, 2013. Local Colors, the downtown artists collaborative in Gloucester, will pay homage to one of its past members, the late Margaret Laurie, a watercolor painter for more than half a century., The Main Street shop will host a show of her work, organized by her daughter, Jeannine Lynch, who along with Peter Phillips will perform fiddle music on flute and guitar for the festive occasion Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. The program is free and open to the public. Laurie, a Gloucester native daughter, was a member of Local Colors for about seven years, and she is still fondly remembered by her artistic colleagues. She died last September at the age of 83.

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