Laura Vincent-Arnold

Artist Statement:

There is a dance when light fragments in the breeze, a heaviness of sadness like walking through water, a deep buoyant breath of hope…that is the way I experience life and respond to the world through my work.  It is where my art making process begins.  

Through a combination of figure and environment, I record the nuances of emotion and life experiences that cannot be captured in words alone.  I gather content through my time in nature and my studies of the human figure. Painting with an idea but not with a plan, I enjoy the energy that results and the visual language that takes shape.  The process becomes a dance between light and dark each in turn taking the lead.  

I believe that art is a means of connection and speaks when there are no words.