Hi. I’m L.M. Beatty — an artist and author.

I’m also a passionate Believer; freelance writer; yoga instructor; ambidextrous. I’m addicted to coffee, sunshine & laughter.

I read magazines out of order; have traveled to 5/7 continents (& I am very determined to hit the other two soon); find personal fulfillment (& stress relief) through painting, dancing, writing, doing yoga and getting lost in a good book.

I am inspired to find & write about the remarkable things that make life extraordinary. My hope is that you find your own sense of inspiration through the things I post.

Find my work elsewhere…

• Book: Dark Thirty Poetry Publishing | Objects Things Stuff: Messy Bits We Cary Around, July 2025
• Food feature (with photos): Splendeur Magazine | Volume 4, No. 22, June 2025
• Poem: Sunday Mornings at the River | 2025 Poetry Diary “Bright”
• Poem: Pushcart Prize for Poetry nomination “Permanence” | 2024
• Art: A Study in Cerulean, solo art show | Oct. 12-Nov. 16, 2024
• Poem: Write City Ezine, “The Artist Restored” Oct. 18, 2024
• Food feature (with photos): Splendeur Magazine | Volume 4, No. 1, October 2024
• Poem: Aashiyana Literary Magazine | Issue 2: Memories in Ink, “An earthly cry” Sept. 2024
• Poem: Woods Reader | Summer 2024 “Musing No.2”
• Photography: Woods Reader | Summer 2024, cover photography, also used to accompany “Musing No. 2”
• Art: Connect Coffee Roasters (Bourbonnais, IL) “LIVE” | mixed media on canvas. Installed in 2024
• Poem: Dark Thirty Poetry Publishing | Forgotten Fragments of Time, April 2024 “Permanence”
• Poem: Dark Thirty Poetry Publishing | Forgotten Fragments of Time, April 2024 “Change”
• Food feature: Splendeur Magazine | Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2024
• Art: Splendeur Magazine | Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2024 “Still, Life”
• Art: Reverie Magazine | Issue 2, March 2024 “Jet lagged at Dusk”
• Art: Post Scripts, solo art show | Jan. 29-March 2, 2024
• Poem: Sunday Mornings at the River | 2024 Poetry Diary “Seasons: Rest”
• Art: Inclusion in “Tiny Art Works” juried show at Fulton Street Collective | “Jet lagged at Dusk” and “Moroccan Mosque (Marrakech)” watercolor on paper. Dec. 16, 2023-Jan. 19, 2024
• Recipe: Sub Club Newsletter (on Substack) | Aug. 26, 2023 “The Expat sandwich”
• Poem: Free the Verse | Issue 6, June 2023 “Growing Pains”
• Podcast: Our Creative Outlet “Lauren Beatty:Queen of Creative Outlets” | March 2023
• Essay: Relevant | April 10, 2019 ‘The Highwaymen’ Interrogates Why We’re Drawn to a Pair of Killers
• Essay: Relevant | Jan. 16, 2019 The Simple Grace of ‘Tidying Up’
• Essay: Relevant | Dec. 3, 2018 Why You Should Experience ‘The Nutcracker’ Ballet Every Year
• Art: Starbucks (532 Main St. NW, Bourbonnais, IL) “128 Cups” | coffee on canvas, installed in 2015