Eristalis gatesi (The Bill Gates Flower Fly) Painting

Laura's art welcomes the overactive imagination; the invitation to glimpse our surroundings with exaggerated color and curiosity, and to see the world through the eyes of someone who can't get enough of it. Laura interprets the world around her with mysticism, fascination and as if just a tiny bit of that acid trip never really ended. Friends have called her "all the colors in a Crayola box" and "beautifully macabre", and her art "colorful", 'bold' and "eclectic". Much of her creative side is fueled by running around in the woods, seeking deathly stories in the desert, spending time in cities and small towns around the world, being inspired by rebellious and magnificent people and constantly exploring the edges. Laura aims to bring out the inner sparkles of light in velvety souls, and inspire introspection and contemplation alongside playfulness, romanticism and fortitude. Before becoming a full time artist in 2024, Laura was (and still dabbles in) tech for 25 years, 18 of which were in Silicon Valley. She's received a variety of art instruction via advertising design studies, graphic design studies, and select courses from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia. She works primarily with oil and acrylic paint, occasionally watercolor, and dabbles in a variety of creative mediums and techniques. Laura's works can often be found at Up Front Exhibition Space in New York, Artery Gallery in Milford, PA, White Space Gallery in Hackettstown, NJ, and Gamut Art Gallery in the Pocono Mountains. She is a member of the Pocono Arts Council, Wayne County Arts Alliance, is a working member of The Artery Gallery in Milford, PA, and a previous member of Go Collaborative, a non-profit that brings artistic life to Stroudsburg, PA, Curious, by both definitions.