Laura works from her studio in Kareela, Sydney, close to the Royal National Park. She was born in Trieste, Italy, then immigrated to New Zealand before moving to Australia in1973.
Initially a painter she now works with etching, collagraphs, photopolymer intaglio and mixed media. Her academic qualifications include a Dip FA, a Dip Ed (Canterbury University NZ) and a MFA (COFA, University of NSW).
A well respected art educator, she taught widely in tertiary institutions in New Zealand and Australia.
She has contributed extensively, over many years, to a number of printmaking associations with which she exhibits regularly. Notably, she has held a variety of positions including secretary of the Sydney Printmakers, president of both the Print Circle and Southern Printmakers Association and well as NSW representative to the Print Council of Australia.
Drawing upon personal experience, her work has explored themes of identity, dislocation and journeys. Her physical environment, from the skeletal forms of the New Zealand hills to the rich textural diversity of the Australian bush, continues to be a major inspiration. The latter has been a focus for her latest mixed media works.
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Top left to right: Fragments of Time, Vestige V
Middle left to right: Pathways VI, Into the Shade I
Bottom: Totems
Southern Printmakers Association 