Artist Bio
How does one explain the unexplainable? The chaotic, the supersensible, and the enigmatic, are all memories and feelings that Lauren seeks to portray in her landscape paintings. These feelings are connected to Kant’s ideas of the mathematical and dynamical sublime, that nature can reveal both explosive power and incomprehensible infinities. Studying abroad, trekking across the United States, and traveling throughout Europe are all experiences that have boosted Lauren’s love for fine art, and inspired many of these sublime emotions. Lauren’s work is easily recognizable; her paintings employ daring color schemes, untamed brush strokes, and bending of reality that all coexist to convey her worldly experiences.
Currently residing in Columbus, Ohio, Lauren works as both a fine artist and art educator where she has taught and mentored thousands of students. She received her undergraduate degree in Art Education and Art Studio from the University of Kentucky, and is actively studying to fulfill her MFA in Painting through the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Highlights of Lauren’s artistic career include studying in Paris, France where she studied painting techniques and art history amid some of the most historic artworks and architecture in the world. She is also making herself known in the Columbus art scene where she has participated in various group and solo exhibitions, as well as art fairs and festivals.
To learn more about Lauren and follow her artistic career, please visit her website at laurencabreraart.com, and Instagram at @laurenleepartist.
Artist Statement
In my landscape paintings I turn the world upside down. I bend reality with exaggerated vibrancy, high value contrast, and athletic mark making to convey the power and drama of nature. Trees are sliding off of cliffs, nature dissolves into blocks of neon color, and once sturdy ground melts before one's eyes. All these elements work together to signify the indescribable sensations and transcendent feelings engendered by nature’s sublime.
In my recent paintings I have been contemplating my smallness within the infinite vastness of land and sea. I am drawn to Kant’s ideas of the dynamical and mathematical sublime--that nature can be both forceful and explosive, while also revealing the infinity of the ever-expanding universe. In my work I weave these philosophical ideas together with my treks through the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest and other places around the world. Nature has a way of leaving deep emotional impacts, and this work is in the blurred space where these sublime feelings and memories merge.