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Laura Bauer
Abstract California artist
San Francisco Bay Area painter Laura Elisabeth Bauer creates abstract art works exploring nonobjective constructivism on canvas and sculptural forms. She counts modern masters Matisse, Miro, Mondrian, and Picasso among her influences as well as the period from 1920 through the 1950's, especially the abstract female artists Popova, Hepworth, and Hartigan.

There is a frenetic energy to her work which, to me, seems to speak of the modern world and urban/suburban landscapes which we inhabit. Yet there is a calm grounded quality and connection to the past residing in the layered complexity of her work.

She says:
I am learning that there are many ways of expressing creativity, and I remain open to continue in my exploration into the unknown. I not only enjoy looking to the past for inspiration but I also enjoy revisiting my old work and taking it a step further, using the old and integrating it with the new.
Link: California Modern Art Gallery


This particular group of painting images is representative of this last year, the sculptures are from a series that were produced in the last 6 years.












 Comments (1)
dino colombo  — August 19, 2006
something fresh...
laura paints and paints and paints..she has an honest relationship with each canvas...often painting over beautiful finished pieces...she's not attached to the outcome,but seems to revel in the process and act of painting ...she's into it! while others babble about "their work" she spends endless hours painting and painting...a close look at the surface of her paintings reveals layer upon layer of organic patterns,shapes and designs that are the manifestation of self examination and cathartic exploration that rises above the current trend of "retro-based IKEA furniture friendly decorator art"
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