There is something innate that ties humans to the water, something universally meditative about watching the movement of the sea.

My paintings are inspired by the shifting rhythm of light as it reflects and refracts across water. Through many layers of transparent oil glazes, I explore the fluid relationship between light, color, and movement—an ever-changing dialogue that exists only in a fleeting moment. I’m drawn to the luminous interactions that occur when surface and depth converge, when stillness and motion coexist.

Each work begins from a direct experience, a vivid memory of sunlight and water—often an idyllic, suspended moment of summer. These memories become abstracted through the painting process, distilled into the sensations of place and time rather than their literal details. In this way, my paintings serve as quiet meditations on perception, memory, and the beauty of transience.

Creating these works is a meditative act. I become absorbed in the slow, layered process, much like the way one becomes lost in watching light move across water—a moment of stillness within motion.

Laura received her BFA from California State University Long Beach. She taught workshops at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and interned at the Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. Her paintings are held in prominent private and corporate collections worldwide—including major healthcare, hospitality, and investment firms—and she has collaborated with global brands such as West Elm, Williams Sonoma, and Bombay Sapphire. Her work has been featured in numerous design and lifestyle publications, and she is represented by galleries and design partners across the United States and Asia.

Working with environmentally friendly oils and solvents, Laura paints from her home studio in the San Francisco Bay Area. She lives with her husband and son in their beloved Eichler home - a midcentury “glass house” that blurs the boundary between indoors and out, offering constant inspiration for her explorations of light, reflection, and movement.