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(4.06 - 185 votes)Laura on her work:
This current work explores the possibilities for disruption and fluctuation that grow out of an orderly structure.
The images reference the natural, physical world, drawing on forms from deep-sea flora and fauna, microscopic organisms and cellular structures, and cryptogamous plants such as algae, lichens, fungus, and mold.
The astonishing and often unsettling beauty found in natural phenomenon is explored through the use of imaginary, hybrid, and existent imagery.
The repeating marks and forms are derived from patterns of repetition found in biological systems, as well as by the regularity and repetition found in computer generated fractals and lace patterns. While the images are built on symmetrical and orderly forms, the drawings evolve and develop into a semi-chaotic tangle of ropy vines, bulbous growths, and spiky creatures. This rampant growth could recall the enchanted, yet sinister world of a child’s fairy tale, the strange and unsettling beauty of deep-sea life, or the mutation of a cellular structure by a virus or disease. The delicate intricacy in the drawn and painted marks lures one in for a more intimate experience, and presents a dream-like, interior world populated by forms that are both familiar and mysterious.
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Laura Bell
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Exhibition In Philadelphia
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Laura Bell.
Picture 31. My goodness these paintings by laura bell are just stunning. Dripping with glamour and delicacy, their breathtaking color palettes take th...
Gorgeously painterly, sophisticated palette. I particularly like your morphosis series. The titles of your different series evoke the titles of music by the Cocteau Twins.
Comment by Karyn — February 8, 2010
Very eye catching
Comment by Dyllon — February 8, 2010
Ethereal and serene. 2 or 3 prints in every room would feel melodious throughout a home. Just like nature.
Comment by mary — February 8, 2010
Love your work! Truly awesome to take images from the microscopic world and make them into these esoteric ink meditations.
Comment by Betty — February 8, 2010
Kinda interesting. Beautiful patterns and colors.
Comment by notquitesane — February 8, 2010
Im loving this stuff!!!!! id defo have this on my wall.. :)
Comment by Emma Keats — February 8, 2010
Great, I like these images – they have depth and are very ‘other worldly’ !
Comment by Anne — February 8, 2010
A real eye stopper. Truly beautiful. More please.
Comment by rodger — February 8, 2010
Like! :D
Comment by Lisa — February 8, 2010
great!
I wonder how it is done…
Comment by zumbi — February 8, 2010