About the artist

Laura Monk's abstract mixed media paintings and drawings captivate the viewer with rich hues and bold linear forms. Her free-flowing contour lines intersect to create multiple pathways. These routes are representative of choices – the choices we are faced with each day, and how that simple choice may lead us to new and unexpected opportunities.

Monk approaches her paintings with gestural strokes. As intersections and shapes begin to form, Monk interprets the relationships and discerns which elements will continue the journey and which must be obscured. Her paintings draw in the viewer with an undulating rhythm
of color.

Monk uses a variety of mediums that enable her to work energetically and fluidly. Media can include oil, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, plaster, ink and natural pigments. The media is applied in transparent layers revealing the initial marks and complete life of the painting.

Monk graduated from the University of Florida Fine Arts College. Her work is in private collections across the country. She lives on the West coast of Florida in the sun-drenched tropical humidity she loves.