My paintings are my response to my deep and abiding love of the natural world – particularly the Ontario wilderness. My images, representational or abstract, are the product of my experiences paired with a profound sense of connection with the land, filtered through time and memory.

My process is an exploration that involves building up multiple layers of wax and pigment, and then scratching, scoring and scraping the surface, gradually and alternately adding and subtracting, concealing and revealing, as I work towards creating an environment rich with natural textures and a sense of history and place. This process, I feel is symbolic of nature’s cycles of erosion and decay, growth and renewal, and also an adventure and journey: an exciting merging of intuition, analysis and imagination.

Hear Laura talk about her work in an interview with Roy Mitchell at her studio in Maynooth by clicking here.