Laura Parker, Mixed Media Artist

Laura Parker is a self-taught, London-based artist.  Laura is inspired by the natural world - from dramatic underwater views, to expansive landscapes, intimate still lifes and abstract works. She is a member of ArtCan and Richmond Art Society. 

Art is a strand of Laura’s life that has developed as she has grown older.  For many years, art was something she loved and studied, gaining a degree in History of Art & Architecture at 45, but it had never occurred to her to try to create her own work.  

At fifty, she began painting the landscape, and colourful still lifes. Then she used her scuba-diving experiences to depict the underwater world, producing images of marine life and of rusting wrecks.  The natural world, and in particular water (above it, below it, and reflections in it), are a constant stimulus to her work.

At present Laura finds greater self-expression in working more abstractly, creating artworks that are less representational but more emotional, expressive and authentic to her artistic vision. Laura works in acrylics, oils and mixed media.  She uses bold, contrasting colours, collage and energetic marks to guide the eye around a canvas. She builds up layers intuitively, to create artworks which feel dynamic and arresting, and where a history is inscribed on the surface itself.

For Laura, the lively use of colour, collage and mark-making brings a vibrancy and vitality to her artwork, offering the viewer a personal interpretation of the world where our individual sensibilities might meet.