She painted in oil and watercolor; her subjects included landscape, floral, and marine-themes which were exhibited in various art centers.

She met and later married Captain William Lindsey Maxwell (1870–1928) of the United States Navy on August 25, 1988, in San Francisco, California.

She spent four years studying at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1918 where she met artist students from the Monterey Peninsula, such as Francis McComas and Charles Rollo Peters.

[6] In January 1941, Maxwell gave a demonstration of flower arranging for painting at the Salinas Woman's Club's Garden.

[4][better source needed] At the age of 90, Laura Maxwell died on August 7, 1967, at the Ford Ord Hospital in Marina, California.