The Stormy Sea at Night

"Turner-esque Nocturne" Digital Painting by Lauren Elyse S. 2018.

I don't remember the first time I saw Turner's abstract atmospheric paintings, but I do remember how they made me feel. It was like a lightening bolt - they woke me up. The energy in them is insane. I particularly love Fishermen at Sea and, related in style, Whistler’s Nocturne Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket. My worship of a stormy sea rolls deep, and so here is a little digital painting in the vein of Turner with a mind towards Whistler.

Finally

"Heatwave" - digital illustration 2018. Lauren Elyse S. For limited edition prints, click here.

New digital work happening.

Lately

"Camerieri in pausa fumo"
Gouache on paper.

"When the Campaign is Won" acrylic on paper.

Prints!

So it's years overdue, but I've finally got the proper camera to clearly photograph my work - so this means, prints! I'm especially thrilled because now I can share with you my favorite paintings I've done. Pick up prints in my shop.

"Other People's Lives" Click the photo to grab the print!

"Mind vs Mouth" Click the photo to grab the print!

Finally, West

Been back in California a few months but I feel like I've just gotten here as I'm only now finding time to create. Finally being able to get this painting onto canvas after thinking about it for a year and a half has been a relief.

Where the Sea ends.

"Two Ends of the Sea" Acrylic and oil on canvas panel, 2017.

Back to this. More coming this winter as I force myself into hibernation (my preferred state of being, to be honest.)

Inktober 2017

Trying to see it through the whole 30 days of inktober this time around. Here's the last week - didn't mean to, but I think I've hit on a theme here. Let's see where it goes?

If you want to follow along with my daily drawings, my Instagram is where it's at. (Where's day one you ask? Good question. You'll have to get to my Instagram to see the time lapse of it. It's a bit NSFW)

California, take two.

"I keep coming back" Ink & watercolor on paper, 2017.

It's been about seven years but I'm back in California and I'm pretty stoked about it. Sorry for the silence, the move was a three month long odyssey. So anyway, here's some new work.

Back to Brando

Been about a year since I was totally bent on Brando's intense gaze. High time I got back to it.

To see more in this series begun last year, click here and scroll down (there's quite a few). I have no excuse for focusing so hard on his gaze apart from being forever in love with expressive eyes.

Two Thousand & Seventeen

It's always a good thing when the first piece you finish in a new year turns out to be something you absolutely love.

"Silk Stockings" Watercolor, charcoal & ink on paper. 2017. SOLD

In the Garden of

Sketchbook experimentation leads to new things. Rolling with it.

"In the Garden of" watercolor and graphite on paper, 2016.

Aegean

Sometimes (most times) I really miss the Aegean Sea. This is Livadia beach on Anti-Paros. Gouache watercolor on Cartiera Magnani paper.

When Life Gives You Lemons

You make dozens of drawings of Marlon Brando's eyes. All are charcoal pencil on paper.

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Late Afternoon Camellias

"Late Afternoon Camellias" Oil on 12x12" canvas. 2016.

Another plein air piece from the Norfolk Botanical Gardens in preparation for an upcoming spring show. This one was a serious challenge with the composition and the tricky lighting that was changing so rapidly as I painted, but it was well worth the effort. (Frozen solid hands and all.)

West

"West" Acrylic on canvas. 2016. 11x14"
SOLD

A fever dream of purple cacti. Missing the west coast a lot lately.

New Year, No Sleep

"Searching" acrylic on wood panel. 2016.

In deciding to continue experimenting with my style, I forgot that it means I'll never sleep again. This piece kept me up til 5am.
Can't decide on a title, I was going to go with "Faceplant" but I have a love/hate relationship with puns.

Mind vs. Mouth

When your brain and your mouth can't agree on what's going on.

"Mind vs Mouth" Acrylic & oil on canvas board, 2016.

Twenty Sixteen

I can't remember the last time I was so excited for a new year! I've got a lot in the works, and one of the projects I started nearly at the stroke of midnight on the 31st of 2015 is this:

"Wandering Meadow #1" Acrylic on 6 wood panels, 2015. SOLD

"Wandering Meadow" #2 SOLD

"Wandering Meadow" #2 SOLD

"Wandering Meadow" #2 SOLD

If I could realize this dream in large scale it would be that of a long wall stretching out of sight with carefully arranged canvases telling the small stories that a sprawling meadow keeps to itself.

In the Ancient Maze

Needed a break from all the holiday work to create for myself. Out came this little guy. I don't know why, but recently I'm very interested in revisiting my time spent in Venice. I guess I just miss that lovely, lively water.

"In the Ancient Maze" Gouache and acrylic on 5x7" pine panel. 2015.

The Love Affair Continues

The stories this garden tells, I want to know them all. Two new plein air pieces from the past few weeks at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens.

"Sitting in the Zinnia Patch" 2015. Oil on canvas board.
SOLD

"Fall by the Fountain" 2015. Oil on canvas board.