Works: Landscape and Memory
A complex tale of the urban countryside
These paintings come from Laura’s enquiry into how to represent her experience of landscape, which is largely mediated by memory. Working from images downloaded from the Internet, Laura maintains distance as she evokes the landscape of her childhood in the hinterland of suburbia. The paintings appear idyllic; on the surface lies beauty though below lurk dystopian undercurrents and menace.
From top left to right:
- Dream flight over Berrylands. Oil on canvas 2008 30 x 40 cm
As I remember it. Oil on canvas 2008 30 x 40 cm
Ophelia. Oil on canvas 2008 40 x 30 cm
Water like memory will always find its way. Oil on canvas 2008 40 x 30 cm
Fishing for minnows in Tolworth Brook. Oil on canvas 2008 30 x 40 cm
Millais’ Hogsmill. Oil on canvas 2008 30 x 40 cm