LAURA WAIT
L A U R A
W A I T
108 CALLE FRANCISCA SANTA FE, NM 87507 (970) 819-6648
LAURAWAIT@ICLOUD.COM WWW.LAURAWAIT.COM
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LAURA WAIT WORD FORMS AS IMAGE ARE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF MY ART. I USE
WORDS AS MARKS
AND SYMBOLS, MAKING LAYERS TO FORM HISTORY AND DEPTH OF IMAGERY. AESTHETICS OF WORDS ARE OF MORE IMPORTANCE THAN READING THE TEXT. THE WORDS I USE ARE OFTEN TOTALLY ILLEGIBLE, AND RELY ON OUR INTUITIVE CONNECTION WITH SYMBOLS.
SYMBOLISM HAS INTERESTED ME SINCE I WAS YOUNG, AND FOR A LONG TIME I INCORPORATED WORLD ICONOGRAPHY INTO MY ART. THIS LED TO STUDY OF FERTILITY AND TREE SYMBOLS, FOLLOWED BY A STUDY OF CHECKERBOARDS AND CHESS. MY PAINTINGS EVOLVED INTO PAINTINGS OF WORDS, OFTEN-LARGE WORDS, WITH ENERGY, USING WORDS OF CONFLICT AND FROM CHESS. WORDS HAVE BEEN MY MAIN INTEREST EVER SINCE.
MY INFLUENCES INCLUDE MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, ASIAN WRITING AND MODERN GRAFFITI. MY ART IS A COLLECTION OF POLYGLOT LETTERFORMS MUCH AS IN THE MOVIE BLADE RUNNER. ASIAN AND WESTERN WRITING AND IMAGERY ARE MELDING TOGETHER IN MODERN TIMES, AS WELL AS LIFE IN GENERAL. I DRAW ON THE ENERGY OF MODERN GRAFFITI, WHICH I SEE AS A SOURCE OF NEW ENERGY IN ABSTRACTION MUCH AS AFRICAN RHYTHMS ENERGIZED ROCK AND ROLL AND JAZZ.
I CREATE WALLS, WITH SCRIBBLING AND WRITINGS, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MADE OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. THESE ARE IMAGINED UNDERWATER, IN ANCIENT TIMES, ON OTHER PLANETS, OR IN MODERN URBAN SETTINGS WITH LAYERS OF GRAFFITI AND SIGNAGE. THE MARKS ARE UNIVERSAL, SOMEWHAT RANDOM, AND OFTEN RELATED TO MUSIC, WITH LAYERS OF WRITING ACTING AS LAYERS OF MELODY AND RHYTHM.
NOTHING IS QUITE CONCRETE, AND MY WORK IS VERY INTUITIVE. MY WORK IS AN AFFIRMATION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND THE MARK OF THE HAND. IN OUR MODERN WORLD, WHICH IS GROWING SMALLER, THE INFLUENCES OF THE COMPUTER ARE EVERYWHERE. HANDWRITING IS AN ANTIDOTE TO THAT, AND CONNECTS STRONGLY WITH PEOPLE TODAY.
HEXAGRAM IV 40 X 40”
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR TERRAFORMING II 4 8 X 4 0 ” AC RY L I C O N PA N E L
INTERSTELLAR VI 12 X 40”
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STRANGER 7.0 X 13.5”
B O O K C O L L AG E O N PA P E R
ROVINE DEL MARE IV 30 X 40”
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ROVINE DEL MARE I 30 X 40”
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IO POSTSCRIPT V 12 X 12”
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LOGOGRAM II 30 X 30”
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LOGOGRAM III 30 X 30”
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METROPOLIS III 4 0 X 3 0 ” E N CAU S T I C M I X E D M E D I A O N PA N E L
METROPOLIS I 40 X 30”
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MURA SCRITTURA III 24 X 72”
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VERNACULAR I 4 0 X 3 0 ” AC RY L I C O N PA N E L
PA S TO R A L B O U R E E ’ 4 8 X 4 0 ” AC RY L I C O N PA N E L
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TERRAFORMING V 4 8 X 4 0 ” AC RY L I C O N PA N E L
MARINE I 4 0 X 3 0 ” AC RY L I C O N PA N E L
HEXAGRAM II 4 0 X 4 0 ” M I X E D M E D I A O N PA N E L
A RT I FAC T 3 0 X 4 0 ” AC RY L I C O N PA N E L
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TERRAFORMING I 4 8 X 4 0 ” AC RY L I C O N PA N E L
LAURA WAIT LIVES IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. SHE IS MARRIED WITH ONE SON, ONE CAT, TWO DOGS, AND LOTS OF ORGANIC VEGETABLES.
BORN IN CANADA, SHE GREW UP IN BOULDER, COLORADO. SHE STUDIED ART HISTORY IN COLLEGE IN NEW YORK, AND RECIEVED A BA CUM LAUDE, IN ART HISTORY FROM BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 1975.
LAURA ALSO LIVED IN LOS ANGELES AND STUDIED LITHOGRAPHY AND DRAWING AT OTIS ART INSTITUTE. SHE WENT TO LONDON TO STUDY PRINTMAKING AND BOOKBINDING AT CROYDON COLLEGE OF ART FOR FIVE YEARS. SHE EXHIBITS HER ART NATIONALLY, AND IS INVITED TO TEACH MARK MAKING AND BOOK ART WORKSHOPS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
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