Method & Materials.
An intersection of past, present and Nature.
Lauren’s practice is rooted in the earth and what it is to be nature itself. During times of disconnect and separation, nature sounds calls of rebellion, to remember, to integrate and to feel.
She works with pigments drawn from dirt, plants, cement, ochre, bone, terracotta, clay, and stone—ground and mixed with mediums such as honey, salt water, resins, olive oil, and linseed, alongside natural dyes as well as traditional paints. These materials carry their own histories, colors, and textures, forming organic structures that echo the body of the land.
Influenced by what is held and passed through the body, in animals, the ocean, and in bones, her work traces ancestral imprints across time. Through painting and sculpture, she seeks to reveal layers of memory and connection—where nature’s forms, cycles, and remnants become vessels for transformation. The process is both physical and ritual, an alchemy of earth and body, presence and decay.
Plant, Land and Sea.
Lauren’ work begins with the ground beneath our feet, the water that moves around us, and the plants that sustain life. These elements are not just sources of material, but carriers of memory, history, and energy.
From the land, she gathers ochres, terracotta, clay, basalt, and stone—each pigment holding the imprint of geological time, weathering, and transformation. The soil and rock are both material and metaphor: grounding, enduring, yet always shifting.
From the sea, she draws salts, sediments, and traces of tidal movement. The ocean leaves behind fragments—what remains at low tide—that echo cycles of change and release. These elements carry a rhythm of impermanence, reminding us of what is let go and what endures.
From the plant world, she works with natural dyes, resins, and oils—olive, honey, and linseed among them. These living materials bring warmth, vitality, and an ancestral intimacy, connecting body to land, sustenance to spirit.
Ground, crushed, and mixed together, these materials become pigments and textures that retain their origin stories. They hold the marks of time, of growth and decay, of presence and absence.
She is influenced by what is carried in the body, in animals, in the ocean, and in bones—the imprints that endure long after life has passed. In her painting and sculpture, she seeks to bring these threads together: land, sea, and plant life intertwined with ancestral memory.
The work is both process and ritual, an act of alchemy where matter becomes meaning. Each piece is a vessel—holding the traces of earth, water, and life—offered back as a meditation on connection, transformation, and belonging.
