Lauri Hamilton grew up in Woodward and raised her three sons here.  Throughout her life, Lauri has always been an animal lover and has rescued many abandoned or neglected dogs.  In the early years of WOOF Pet Rescue, Laurie volunteered at the rescue, which was always overrun with dogs and cats who needed a home, and this frustrated her tremendously. During the pandemic, Laurie was bored and looking for a hobby. She had never been artistic but she loved looking at all kinds of art, so she began browsing through art websites in order to pass the time. Always drawn to anything to do with animals, she happened upon the artist Deborah Shapiro, who painted animals using a collage technique with magazine paper. Shapiro's animal collages were colorful and the technique looked doable, so Lauri tried it, and she was hooked.  She started out by collaging mostly dogs, but she also did horses, roosters, and pigs, and then posted her collages on her Facebook site. Her friends and family shared them far and wide, and so it began.  Animal lovers are everywhere, so soon Lauri was receiving requests on her Facebook page from people all over the United States, asking if she would accept a commission to do a collage of a beloved family pet.  She accepted a commission from a rancher in Colorado to do a picture of his favorite cow, and she collaged a rooster for a beach house in Puerto Vallarta. Her most frequent requests were for family dogs, and as her gallery show will attest, she has done a plethora of them. For the past three years, Lauri has collaged over forty pet pictures for her family, friends, and Facebook followers.  All her commissions have been donated to promote the welfare of animals in Woodward, and she will donate all the proceeds from the Gallery Exhibit to WOOF Pet Rescue and to Woodward Animal Control's spay & neuter clinics.