Laurel Terlesky

Laurel Terlesky has been practicing as a professional visual artist for more than ten years after completing her BFA degree, majoring in visual art (painting) from the University of Victoria. She creates canvases that are largely abstract in style built around an awareness of the human form and kinetic movement. Themes that have developed a language in her work are electricity & power, sustainable energy practices, spirituality, and the human body as it relates to the environment. Her paintings also challenge our awareness of space by illustrating optical, illusionary space or from flattening space by creating depth with solid colour placement. She currently resides in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada and has exhibited her work in Whistler, Squamish, Victoria, Vancouver, Montreal and San Francisco.

Laurel recently spent a month at an international artist residency in Barcelona, Spain working on future projects.

CONCERNING CHANGE

I am fascinated and intrigued by how we use our natural resources and how they affect our social structures. As a global community I see people coming together to foster new ideas about how to lessen our impact on our fragile planet. I am excited by the limitless possibilities we are embarking upon to change our lifestyle and communication. In my art I use a pop culture expression to illustrate a dialogue around how closely we are connected to our impact on our environment.

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