Pink Floral
Acrylic Paint and Embroidery
11" x 14" canvas
14" x 17" framed and wired for hanging
"Pink Floral" is a mixed media painting created combining acrylic paint and embroidery floss on canvas. It portrays the intricate flowers of a Rhaphiolepis shrub, commonly known as Indian Hawthorn, found in Southern California and its flowers are often viewed are symbols of love. These plants signify the need to love everyone and everything that is in our lives. Traditionally, gifting someone with this flower is considered a message of best wishes for their well-being. Its dimensions are 11"x14" in landscape orientation and framed (14"x17"), 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.
