The Artist's Path

With never-ending choices and obstacles in our lives, we can often feel lost and overwhelmed. When Maurice Laflamme III creates art, he frees his mind to allow colors to flow through him, putting paint and meditation to canvas. He will always trust the process to create a beautiful painting.

His abstract creations leave space for art viewers to find their own stories, objects, and pathways within his art, and serve as a reminder that you, too, can trust the process.

Born in Modesto, CA, and an artist since childhood, he faced difficult times after losing his father at the age of 13. After moving to Chico with his mom and twin sister, he took off to San Francisco at age 19.

With the encouragement of his mother, he began to study at the Art Institute of California, SF. After a period of homelessness, he found some stability and took up painting in 2011 in the underground dubstep music scene of San Francisco.

Right about that time he met his future wife, Julie, who did photography in the same scene. They met while dancing; he told his friend that night, "I'm going to marry that girl." They have always inspired each other to follow the artists path and are both highly inspired and moved by bass music. From the Bay Area to Mendocino to two years of full time living on the road, they now enjoy the freedom and space of Joshua Tree to live and host artists year-round.

Maurice has painted at countless festivals all over California, including Joshua Tree Music Festival, Stilldream, SSBD and Desert Hearts.

With his wife and daughter, they have created the Broken Lantern Art Collective from their home in 29 Palms, right outside of Joshua Tree National Park. They welcome artists of all skill levels for residency and painting intensives. They are also in their third year of participating in the HWY 62 Studio Art Tours.

Broken Lantern has created live art collaborations at Camp Questionmark at Burning Man for the past two years, 2023 and 2024, where you will see some of the only live art being created on the Playa.

Maurice paints constantly, often times putting in 12 hour days in front of his canvas.

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