Laura’s inspiration comes from the awkward, raw and unabashed styles of naive art, medieval art, folk art, outsider art and from observations of life and nature. Laura’s work is always entirely made by hand and she aims to work as sustainably as possible, learn and continue old crafts and to embrace slowness and raw expression in her work. Laura’s drawings are dynamic and filled with life, movement, character and humour. They capture life with all its fire and energy.
Laura experiments with collage and printmaking trying to push the boundaries of form and style and using printing as a medium of spontaneity and painting as much as of original craft. Stone lithography and screen printing are first choice for her work as it allows for her bold colours and textures to be fully expressed.
The themes of her work are nature, celebration, food, growing, playfulness, life, colour, self-expression, music, community and celebrating shadow sides.
Alongside making art Laura lives her artistic themes through working in community with adults with learning disabilities growing herbs and fruit bushes in a small garden.