Previously, her studio was located in Williamsburg and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn, from 1983 to 2008. In her years in Brooklyn, she joined with fellow artists in alternative venues for group shows; at times bringing together art colleagues in her own artistic endeavors as a curator and collaborator. Among her works, her earlier cyanotypes and drawings can presently be viewed in the flat files of Brooklyn galleries: Pierogi Gallery (flatfiles.pierogi2000.com) and Kentler International Drawing Space. During her years in Brooklyn, Laurel’s art communicated her relationship to her environment, natural or urban, as she developed her own language of color, shape, light and space; realizing many works in both 2-D and 3-D medias.