About Me
Hi there, thanks so much for stopping by! I’m Lauren, and I’m a mixed-media artist, illustrator, and designer living and working in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. I create intricate drawings and block prints combined with wild splashes of ink to celebrate the natural world.
Art for me is a way of indulging my curiosity by exploring and learning about the things that most inspire me. Through the process of drawing or carving a block for printing I get to take the time to focus in and notice all of the little details that make up a plant or animal. From the tiny, spectacle shaped markings at the end of a baby green tree python’s snout, to the way the pattern of an echidna’s spines follows the contours of its body, each is an incredible living work of art.
My Mission
My mission as an artist is to share the wonder and joy that I find in nature, and inspire care for our beautiful planet. It needs us, and we need it. I truly believe that all of the magic we will ever need is right here, in this special place we get to call our home.
Artist photos by Allison Marie Garcia (Blind the Sun)
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RESIDENCIES
2016 Santa Cruz Recycled Art Program (SCRAP), 16 week artist residency
Resource Recovery Facility, Santa Cruz, CA
EXHIBITION RECORD
2020 Solo Exhibition, Invitational, Cloud Forest Series
Therapeutic Health Collective, Soquel, CA
2020 Group Exhibition, Mushroom Month
Artisans Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Redlist: Moths and Butterflies
Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Solo Exhibition, Juried, Open Studios Art Tour 2019
Artist’s Private Studio, Soquel, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Juried, Open Studios Art Tour Satellite Exhibit
R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Juried, Open Studios Art Tour Preview Exhibit
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Solo Exhibition, Invitational, Cloud Forest Series
Thomas Pedersen Music Lessons, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Solo Exhibition, Invitational, Cloud Forest Series with Charcoal Botanicals
Human Services Department Building, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Invitational, Santa Cruz Recycled Art Program Review
ReStore Santa Cruz/ Felix Kulpa Gallery II, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Juried, Vote! Your Vote is Your Voice
Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Invitational, Cloud Forest Series
Flora and Fauna, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Hearts for the Arts Silent Auction
Artisans Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 Solo Exhibition, Invitational, Cloud Forest Series
Art Supplies Ink, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, Invitational, Small Works Show
Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Solo Exhibition, Juried, Open Studios Art Tour 2018
Artist’s Private Studio, Soquel, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, Juried, Open Studios Art Tour Satellite Exhibit
R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, Juried, Open Studios Art Tour Preview Exhibit
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, Invitational, Santa Cruz Recycled Art Program
Santa Cruz Public Library, Downtown Branch, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, See, Be Seen: Community Portraits
Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, Museum of Curious Perceptions
Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, Hearts for the Arts Silent Auction
Artisans Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, Invitational, Lovebirds
The Art Cave, Santa Cruz, CA
2017 Group Exhibition, Hearts for the Arts Silent Auction
Artisans Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2017 Solo Exhibition, Invitational, Topography of Things
The Green Room Salon, Felton, CA
2017 Group Exhibition, Artist Activist Exhibition
VAPA, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
2016 Group Exhibition, Juried, Santa Cruz Recycled Art Program (SCRAP)
R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2015 Solo Exhibition, Collected Works
The Ugly Mug Café, Santa Cruz, CA
2015 Solo Exhibition, Invitational, Botanicals in Ink and Charcoal
The Green Room Salon, Felton, CA
2014 Solo Exhibition, Collected Works
Santa Cruz Community TV Station, Santa Cruz, CA
2014 Solo Exhibition, Invitational, Botanicals and Feathers
The Green Room Salon, Felton, CA
2013 Group Exhibition, Juried, Student Exhibition 2013
Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
2012 Group Exhibition, Student Exhibition, Cabrillo Student Art Association
SAC East and West, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA