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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 figures launch themselves into the whitewashed waters below the cliff, their bodies suspended in that perfect moment between commitment and impact. One executes a confident backflip while the other falls with equal assurance—both embodying the exhilarating trust required to surrender to gravity and sea.”
“The cliff anchors the bottom of the composition, while the top right reveals a large flat rock with water cascading off its surface, evidence of waves that have just washed over. The open pool below churns with movement. The water carries a dreamy, Monet-like quality that contrasts beautifully with the realistic, detailed figures, creating tension between the soft atmospheric treatment and the sharp, purposeful excitement of the leap itself.”
“The palette of powder blue, lilac, peach, and smoked pearl softens the scene's intensity, capturing both the thrill of the jump and the ethereal beauty of churning water caught in coastal light.”
Lauren Esplin, 2025
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