Lauren Forcella

Website: https://LaurenForcella.com

Country: United States

I have been called a translator for Mother Earth. A former geologist, I strive to translate onto canvas the emotional essence and wildness of this beautiful planet. Contemporary impressionism is my genre and working in oils, my work is drenched in bold colors and alive with impasto brushwork. I work "au premier coup", a one-layer painting technique where the painting (or each section of a large painting) is completed on the first pass, placing thick brushstrokes where I want them to stay without reworking. For me, this directness is the best way to translate the aliveness and physic connection I feel between humanity and earth/nature. It’s hard to explain how close I was to Nature growing up. Childhood was pure survival and chaos; what saved me were my own private hideaways in magical places in the woods. This is the taproot of my artistic development, these years of mystical oneness with Nature as my guardian, where I began experiencing Nature as supernature. To this day, alone in wild places, I weep over the unconditional love I feel surrounding me from Nature. When I left my geology career, and 27 years ago began painting this phenomenal planet it was/is a full realizing of my purpose. It is a radical act for me to serve Nature through painting, to translate the essence of the natural world onto canvas so powerfully that it awakens people to their connection with Earth, inspiring more love, care, and ultimately full harmony with wild nature.

Lupine Sunset, 2023, Oil on canvas, 75 x 100 cm

Aspen Trail, 2022, Oil on canvas, 100 x 75 cm

Ghost Tree Beach, 2021, Oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm

Grandmother Oak, 2022, OIl on canvas, 75 x 100 cm

Colorado Superbloom, 2023, Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

Aspen Sky, 2021, Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

Lover’s Point, 2019, Oil on canvas, 90 x 90 cm

Stained Glass Afternoon, 2019, Oil on canvas, 75 x 120 cm