PRESS

Lauren Ross-Simmons was the featured artist at the Artini fundraiser, and she and her husband operate C&C Mercantile and Lighting and ArtiFact. Art as Business in Downtown Shreveport   Lauren Ross-Simmons laughs when she is asked about being an "overnight" art sensation. The artist, wife, mother of two and downtown business owner has been painting for more than 30 years – 30 years of practice, trial-and-error and refining her Pop Art brand of iconic images. “There is no deep, dark meaning to my work, though I once worried that there should be. One friend told me my art brings joy,...