Laura believes color is the bridge between the logical, learned, experiential left side of the brain...and the intuitive, flowing, creative right side. She gives this creative side full rein in her paintings...believing that good abstract work halts the viewer for some unexplained, intuitive reason...whereupon the logical process comes into play as the viewer tries to reason out why they are drawn to that particular piece of art...thus completing the journey.
  contact Laura
email: lauraonsaltspring@gmail.com

Art Education

Laura took her formal training at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. She also spent a year at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende. She promptly fell in love with Mexico and returns whenever she can.

This, with a 3 month stay in Belize, has profoundly affected her artwork.

Having spent time working on the emergence of 'colorfield' paintings (a form of abstract expressionism) that have been in her head “for the last 20 years“ (see Page.2), Laura has realized she sees in layers of color before she sees the shape or form of an object.

The intensity, the color, the passion of the Americas, remain a constant delight to her.


Artwork
Sculpture Soft Slab Pottery Bronze Casting


1995

1996

1993

Oil Series - previous work

Birthday Bouquet


Lovely Luce


Gentle Jasmin


Instituto Cactus


Oil Series - new work


BC Tug


Galiano Storm


Rusty Old Boat

y
My Favorite Place

Wave Sketch 1

Wave Sketch 2


Acrylic Series

From a Rooftop


San Miguel Church


Papaya

You & me in the Jungle of Life...
don't take it too seriously...
Love Laura


           

Light in the Forest                                                                       Sunset  "No"...reflected to "Yes"


Long Poppies


Over The Wall


Orange Bowl

Large Poppies


Drifting through life...



Watercolour Series

Salt Spring Garden1

Dotty Soldiers

Salt Spring Garden2


Miscellaneous

Silkscreen


Ancient Stamps of Mexico

Furniture Design


Portable Bar/Room Divider



Weaving - Wool Carpet



Weaving - Cotton Tablecloth
   
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