Described as ‘beautifully imperfect’ Laura’s paintings speak to an inner voice often ignored – with strikingly bold colours and texture, each one takes you on a journey that requires contemplation and offers discovery. Mostly self-taught, Laura began painting in her teens. With her draftsman father teaching her perspective and technique, he also encouraged freedom of expression. Before becoming a ‘serious’ painter, Harris attended college and worked as a graphic designer, specializing in corporate identity. In 2001, her successful design company gave way to her full time art career. It is a very exciting time for Laura – with a run of successful shows and critical acclaim, she is continuing her journey with a strong sense of play, and refreshing confidence and flare. “The work keeps getting deeper, more honest. I continue to work on a piece until I feel it breathe on its own”.

STATEMENT

Fueled by good coffee and the music of Ray Lamontagne, Ben Harper and bob Dylan, my mornings are spent in my 8x12ft studio. When people ask me for a tour of my studio, I have to laugh… it’s small but I couldn’t ask for more. There’s paint on the walls, the ceiling, on the curtains and rug, and I love that no one has asked me to clean it up. Music loud, I can’t help but wiggle a bit and I think that movement finds its way into the paintings… I can see it in the strokes. I trust the mistakes and feel that a successful painting is one that conveys my emotion. A lot of my work has a ‘big sky’ feel to it. While creating these, I am generally aware of a lost connection between people. We live in a world where cell phones and blackberries are often getting more affection than our family and friends. I fear that a loss of intimacy and connection is growing. The splatters of paint represent people or souls, rising from the ground up into the horizon… open and searching, connecting together. The black represents the chaos of daily life, and the brightness represents hope, calm, and the inner peace I feel when I stop… like when I watch my daughter beachcombing and for that moment, there’s nothing else in the whole world. “Under the hardness, there is fear, and under the fear, there is sadness, in the sadness there is softness, and in the softness is the vast, blue sky.” (Unknown)

“Wonderful things can happen if you put your brush down and let your painting be your teacher.” (Charles Reid)

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