Throughout my practice I have had a focus on highly detailed drawings and paintings of faces as well as the body linking to themes such as emotion and experience. During previous studies I decided to step back and look at simple techniques that I could incorporate into my work that could help emphasise these themes. When researching these techniques I fell down the rabbit hole of colour theory, in particular simultaneous contrast, a phenomenon that happens when two adjacent c

Work being critiqued: https://www.laurensimons.art/post/install-and-artist-statement When first viewing my work, the critique group was...

Self Lauren Simons, 2025 Self is a body of work that addresses the effort required to present and maintain a socially legible self. This...

My install space (circled in red and marked with my name) has two parallel facing walls. My initial plan is to install my paintings on...

I have been drafting a statement to sit alongside my most recent works seen in my previous posts: https://www.laurensimons.art/post/paint...