"Virginia McLaughlin's historic murals are one of Maryland's finest treasures. I can't think of any artist more deserving of a retrospective than Virginia, and I can't think of anyone more suited to write this book than Jeanne Blackburn. The work is a true partnership between artist and writer."
—Dan Patrell, former Editor in Chief, Frederick Magazine and former Publisher, Maryland Life Magazine, from the foreword of the book, "Itinerant Painter."
"Virginia McLaughlin describes herself as "an itinerant painter", traveling from job to job, whether it's for a private home, an institution, or commercial property. But her unique artistry was too hard for Benjamin Moore and the HUE judges to ignore, and so they will be presenting McLaughlin with a HUE Special Achievement award for the nearly 120 murals she has painstakingly hand-painted since 1977."
—from the program for the Benjamin Moore Paints HUE Award ceremony at the Hearst Tower, New York City on April 3, 2012