LAURA VAHLBERG | Soft Filter | WAITING ROOM

October 13 - December 6, 2024

VIEW EXHIBITION

Laura Vahlberg paints pictures that represent the everyday and mundane within the context of formal abstraction.  She works on site in front of her chosen subject, nature acting as both reference material and active contributor. She plays both observer and participant, delving into the process as intuition and perception dictate the direction. All of the pieces in a scene at the beginning of a painting are identified democratically only as shape and color. As the picture progresses, the shapes and colors create their own order in service of the overall idea. Often the idea appears first as a formal construction, and then a narrative emerges. In this way an abstract experience happens within a representational field.

Laura Vahlberg's work has been exhibited around the U.S. and internationally (Australia, Los Angeles, New York, Alabama, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Virginia). She has studied with artists including Israel Hershberg, Elana Hagler, Ken Szmagaj, and Susan Jane Walp.  She now lives in Roanoke, Virginia and received her Bachelors in Fine Arts at James Madison University.