LAURA WEBSTER
Recovered Drawing & Painting lau.a.webster@gmail.com
My eyes are so easily clouded, unable to see the world around me with the wonder appropriate of a creature in its creator’s garden. All around me are glimpses of the divine hidden in the familiar, gifts of overflow that are there to be enjoyed—if I only took the time to look. Instead, in my rush to please others and prove myself, I fail to appreciate the intricacies of this Everyday that I am living. Flowers and cloud formations are, like all matter, transient, but that does not detract from their value. My lack of attention does them a disservice, as though I were too lofty to listen to what they may have to say to me. My work blends scientific cataloguing with creative intentionality in order to re- store dignity to these fellow creatures, presenting them in a fresh way to weary eyes. I invert their colors in an effort to express what I felt when I first painted them in natural light.
My artistic practice is a lifelong attempt to recover my sight, and, with it, my hope.
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