Laura Griffith

Landscape & Portrait
Artist

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ABOUT
Laura Griffith is an award winning artist living in Cowaramup, Western Australia.
Born in Perth in 1981, she graduated from Curtin University in 2002 with a BA Fine Art. Laura moved to the Margaret River Region in 2009, settling in the town of Cowaramup where she now works from her home studio.

Lauras work explores themes of emotional connection through our common experiences.

Her landscapes often feature atmospheric cloud covered skies, with a focus on colour and invoking an emotional response.

"My experiences of looking at the landscape and up at the sky, have been humbling, calming, and healing. I try to connect with these emotions within my work. Revisiting places through the process of slow, intentional painting allows me to immerse myself in the study and consideration of every detail that we often overlook during our busy modern day lives."

Lauras landscape work is comlimentary her ongoing portrait practice.

"I enjoy the contrast from exploring the expansiveness of the landscape, to the intimacy of a face. We are all just one person out of billions on this huge planet, yet we can all look up and have the shared experience of seeing the same cloud covered sky. Exploring the two styles of work keeps me interested and excited."

Lauras portraits invite the viewer to recognise something within themselves, and the shared need for human connection.

"The intimacy of studying someone so closely, and the technical challenges of achieving a likeness drive me."

Artist CV

Education

2002 BACHELOR OF ARTS (FINE ART) Curtin University


Awards / Achievements

2023   Winner, Ludlow Art Prize for Australian Landscape Painting

2021    Finalist, City of Busselton Art Award

2001   Winner, Student Award, City of Joondalup Art Exhibition


Group Exhibitions

2024  Margaret River Region Open Studios

2024  Cossack Art Awards

2024  Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival Visual Stories Competition

2024   "North South East West" group show. Angus Watkins Studio Gallery Wilyabrup

2023   Guest artist at the Russell Ord Gallery, Cowaramup

2023   Ludlow Art Prize - Winner

2023  Harvey Community Art Prize

2023   Margaret River Region Open Studios

2021   City of Busselton Art Award, ArtGeo Cultural Complex

2021   Margaret River Region Open Studios

2021   Vasse Art Award, Vasse Primary School

2021   MRIS Annual Art Auction, The Heart, Margaret River

2020   City of Busselton Art Award, ArtGeo Cultural Complex

2020   City of Bayswater Community Art Award, The Rise, Maylands

2020   MRIS Annual Art Auction, The Heart, Margaret River

2006   Revival of the nude Elements Art Gallery, Subiaco

2005   Town of Vincent Art Award

2004   Town of Cambridge Art Award

2004   City of Wanneroo Community Art Award 

2004   Recent works by Laura McCabe & Chris Young ” Blend(er)Gallery, Joondalup

2004   "Lets Blend”, Blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup

2001 - 2004 Joondalup Community Art Exhibition

1999   "Box Exhibition”, Curtin University, on campus