“In Reverie” acrylic on claybord panel, after Thomas Shields Clarke. All rights reserved.
I’m happy to share that I’ve gotten my print shop in order. There you’ll find new works - like this recent favorite - as well as archived pieces never offered as prints before.
Hope you’ll take a took, spread the word, and grab something for yourself or to surprise someone with.
x Lauren
“It Never Existed (Like This)” acrylic on 5x7” clapboard panel.
Thoughts on places I’d like to go that don’t exist, never existed - not like this, at least.
Painting after an autochrome by John Cimon Warburg - "Neptune Fountain, Cheltenham," circa 1915.
“Untitled (Night Sky #1)” acrylic on 5x7” claybord panel.
I have a newsletter that lifts the curtain on so very many areas relating to my work.
The latest talks all about the ‘why’ of my summer series.
More thoughts on light.
If you want to know a little story about this unassuming scene, click here.
Finished up the last of my summer paintings yesterday. Here’s one of them. A shame you can’t hear the soft symphony of bug & birdsong found here.
“Fireflies Remembered” acrylic on 5x7 claybord.
End of summer memories are piling up. Painting so much I can’t keep up with photographing many of them. (Not that I really want to, photographing art is the bane of my existence.)
But, here’s one.
The rest you can catch on my Instagram or via my newsletter. (It’ll take me a bit until galleries get updated around here.)
& here’s a link with information on helping out these glorious little lanterns.
When you’re young, there are things in life you take as a given. Because, what reason would you have to second guess them? As I’ve grown, the one thing I long for with an ache that feels like a part of me is missing, is a garden. (Happily, in my current place we’ve worked hard to set up a mini one, but I still dream of acreage.)
This scene is of the first garden in my life, and I’ll always think of who tended to it, what it taught & provided, and how special it is to have a garden.
Sometimes the ocean really is that purple.
& now I’m enamored with light filtering up through tree lined streets.
Whew! Busy.
Between being back in the full swing of painting & getting my newsletter rolling, I haven’t had much time to come up for air. & I love it.
If there’s anything I enjoy more than art, it’s talking and writing about art. Check it out here.
To San Diego. You’ll see them everywhere here. The most recent one in my sketchbook, next to another from last year.
“Lost Inside” acrylic on panel, 2023.
Books, as ever. Here’s a bonus photo of those buttery brushstrokes I’m always so focused on.
See me paint it here.
“After the Rains” gouache on paper, 2023.
An exercise in letting go. Broke my brain a bit, but for the better (I think).
From a time I went out hiking Mission Trails a few years back.
The colors & textures of this field - strewn with decaying logs and fresh sprigs of grass - is a reminder this time of year always brings. Let things change.
“Rhythms” acrylic on clayboard panel, ©2023, all rights reserved.
Vintage architecture being a (lot a) bit of an obsession of mine, it was inevitable I fell into a series focusing on all the magical details. The rhythm of Midcentury Modern roof-lines have my current attention.
I orient my paintings to be a blending of memory and mood rather than a straightforward recording of reality - for me, this one satisfies both so well. I’ll never forget the vibe of this space now that I have it painted exactly as it feels.
“Sunset at the Cove” acrylic on clayboard.
I have a crush on this place. Expect to see more of it.
At the point of quick studies and planning paintings with sketches.
See more of my plein air sketchbook here.
Well - that was one hell of a dry spell. An entire year. Glad to be back with a brush in hand.
Master copy / color study of Sorolla’s “Main Entrance: Sorolla House” c. 1916 to ease back into this.
Though really, why not do both.
Ten points if you can name who belongs to this rarest of smiles.
A few new things. A really fun commission and an idea I’ve had in my head for ages.
Note: permission to use these bookplates are exclusively given to the person (people) they were designed for. As the artist I retain all rights to this original design, they’re not authorized to be distributed, copied in any way, or used in any way other than expressly permitted to the recipient for marking out their personal library books.
