Blossom Pop
Acrylic Paint and Embroidery
8" x 10" canvas
9.5" x 11.5" framed and wired for hanging
"Blossom Pop" is a mixed media painting created using acrylic paint and embroidery floss on canvas of white and peach Icelandic poppies against a deep black background. According to Greek myth, poppies grew in the land of the dead and is often associated with the Greek goddess Demeter whose daughter, Persephone, is the queen of the underworld. They symbolize eternal sleep, remembrance, and imagination. Its dimensions are 8"x10" in portrait orientation and framed. Framed size is 9.5"x11.5". This original painting on canvas, not a print or copy, is framed and wired for hanging. Each stroke of color is hand-painted, and the artwork is signed by the artist.
Lauren Quist
Lauren Quist is inspired by the challenge of achieving harmony through the interplay of hard and soft mediums, blending the softness of impressionism with the contrast of illustrative art.
Her process begins with a photograph, which she transforms into mixed media paintings on canvas through sketching, painting, and lastly embroidery. By incorporating embroidery, she allows light to dance dynamically the canvas, exploring how it touches various surfaces and highlighting the contrasts within. Through art, Lauren aims to engage viewers in a deeper exploration of these captured instances, inviting them to share in the beauty and complexity of the world as she sees it.
After graduating high school, she attended the University of Washington to study architecture but graduated instead with a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts (IVA). Her first mixed media painting, created for her senior studio, combined oil paints and embroidery floss on canvas. In 2013, she participated in her first professional art show, "Around the Square," where she won the Popular Vote Award. Since then, Lauren has continued to exhibit work in several art shows across the Pacific Northwest.
