Lauren Worsley
Profile
Lauren Worsley is a South African Auckland-based self-taught artist who started her art career in April 2008. Born in 1977, Lauren spent much of her childhood outdoors camping, fishing, and playing sport; she moved to New Zealand in 2003 after marrying a gorgeous Kiwi man she found in London.
Her bold oil paintings are inspired by a constant quest to capture a sense of energy and life force in her surroundings and to transport the viewer to a different place/time. She favours the luminosity, challenge and depth of oil paint and currently most of her work involves capturing the drama, gesture, life essence and rhythm of the human form by using contrasts and rich colour. Fascinated with creating mood and presence, her work attempts to discover and portray these by experimenting with layering, colour, contrast and texture.
Influences:
Lauren states some of her influences as: “my relationship with nature and perception thereof, Buddhism, enlightenment, living in the moment, the balance of emotion, colour and mood, and my mother”.
Education:
• Interior Design, Witwatersrand
• Painting Techniques (Acrylic), Uxbridge Centre, Howick
• Self-taught
Awards:
Walker and Hall Annual Art Award 2008 – Peoples Choice Award
WAI Art Portrait Awards 2009 – Finalist
Groups
Lauren Worsley is a member of Painters In Modern Times - TWO PER DAY and THE SISTERHOOD.
