I think of each painting as a record of getting lost. In the studio, that means starting without a fixed plan, following one move with another, and letting wrong turns and surprises shape the path forward. Each decision shifts the direction of the work—some things are buried, others endure, and the surface carries that history.
My paintings begin at the point where things stop making sense. When clarity breaks down, I work with what remains—the marks, colors, and relationships that gather into something that resists closure or representation. As detours and discoveries coalesce, bright colors move across muted ones, hard shapes overlap soft ones, gestures collide with geometries. Wandering becomes a generative practice and differences become assets.
I use abstraction to build provisional structures. It's a practice of imagining alternative ways of organizing potential and assembling what we could see, and by extension, a world we could share. Lately, a sense of humor has entered my work—not as punchline or irony, but as a structural willingness to let the painting own its awkwardness and peculiarities rather than correct them. I take the work seriously, but I don’t want the painting to take itself too seriously.
I intend for my paintings to continue unfolding after they're finished. The work invites viewers to slow down, dwell in what's unresolved, and connect with something new—even absurd—when certainty is set aside. When a painting can laugh at itself, it stays open to possibilities. So does the world it proposes.
Exhibition: Wandering
January 17–March 1
February 6: Exhibition Opening Reception, 5–8pm
February 22: Artist Conversation, 11am–Noon
LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY
Represented by LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY
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Represented by LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY