Laurie Franklin

Australian artist Laurie Franklin (b. 1981) is an established, internationally collected painter known for her layering of paint and mixed media to create tactile works ranging from mountains, seascapes to florals and abstracted forms.

Laurie has sold 1000s of artworks since starting painting in 2002, artwork is displayed in hotels, restaurants and held collections in over 20 countries. Past hotel projects have included 200m of hand painted wallpaper and hundreds of original artworks for hotel suites.

Based in Melbourne, Australia she works from a large studio space allowing several artworks to be worked on simultaneously. She travels and undertakes Art residencies around the world, the changing scenery influences her unique approach to capturing the intrinsic character of the landscape . Her gestural style, tight color palette and use of metallic elements create tactile, intriguing artworks.

Bachelor of Textile Design and Technology (UCP)Cape Town,South Africa.

My background is textiles and I have a love of colour and texture, which finds an expression in my mixed media work.

I have worked as an Adult art facilitator and taught young adults at a community art gallery.

Heysen Landscape Prize - Finalist 2022

Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing - Finalist 2022

ANL Maritime Art Award & Exhibition - Finalist 2022

Burnie Print Prize - Finalist 2021

Linden Galleries - Postcard show 2020

ANL Maritime Art Award & Exhibition 2020 - finalist

ANL Maritime Art Awards 2019 FINALIST - for 2 artworks. "Docked" and "Circumnavigate"

Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2019 - Finalist.

ANL Maritime Art Awards 2018 FINALIST

Fall Art Exhibition at Houghton’s Winery, Perth October 2014
‘Seasons of Life Art Exhibition’, Houghton’s Winery, Perth April 2013
‘Beginnings’ Joint exhibition with Tammy Stow, Franklin Gallery Perth, December 2011
‘Changing Seasons’ – Joint exhibition, Art Cave Community Art Gallery, Perth June 2011
‘New Friends’ – Joint exhibition, Art Cave Community Art Gallery, Perth April 2011
‘Summer Love’ – Solo exhibition, Franklin Gallery, Perth December 2010

Selected Commissions
Rendezvous Hotel Group, Perth, Australia
Absolute Hotel Group, Galway and Limerick, Ireland
SweetFix Café Perth, Australia
Mullaloo Beach Hotel, Perth, Australia
The Anahita Resort, Mauritius
The President Hotel, Bantry Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Protea Hotel Group, Various, South Africa
Manhattan Apartment...