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Beach culture is deeply entrenched in human nature and Lauren’s contemporary paintings combine abstracted coastal landscapes featuring emotive markings with detailed figures that echo the familiar.
This intriguing juxtaposition is a signature of the artist’s style, drawing the viewer effortlessly into the paintings, wrapping them in innate understanding.
The merging of impressionist, abstract and figurative styles form a response to the landscape that connects deeply to the human psyche.
Sandstone pinks, dove greys, verdigris, teal and turquoise form a soft background, while the colour of hot sun on sea-splashed skin finely realised in perfectly created human form is the active subject of each work.
Lauren lives and works on Guringai country in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, and it was in a scout hall near Curl Curl Beach many years ago that she learnt her craft, painting with a group of female artists belonging to a local art collective.
She explains, too, that her creation process starts with just a moment in time.
“It’s about the way the landscape makes me feel rather than the landscape itself. I look to capture the moment, not as it was, but as it was felt”.
This emotion is captured in the figures Lauren paints, their response to the environment a central theme in her work, the joy of human connection with the living world.
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“Two women explore their underwater sanctuary, each claiming a different depth in the aquatic realm. One glides along the surface, her head kissed by air and sunlight, while her companion has descended below, drawn into the mysterious world of reef and cave.”
“Bold shafts of sun penetrate illuminate the seabed landscape of rock shelf and sandy floor adorned with coral and kelp. “
“The dreamlike quality emerges from the interplay of colour and markings with the finer detail of the figures.”
“It’s an expression of the environment not as it is but as it is felt.”
“The palette of smoked pearl, aqua, and jade flows through lilac and rust accents, creating an enchanted garden beneath the waves where curiosity and tranquility exist in perfect balance.”
Lauren Esplin, 2025.
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