About

 

Laura is a self-taught oil painter who currently resides in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She is a graduate of the Baldwin Wallace Music Conservatory, where she spent four years dedicated to her studies on the classical flute. As a devoted musician and visual artist, she draws inspiration from both worlds. The connection between the two art forms is something that has always fascinated her, and that is why soundscapes in flux with contemplative scenes from her personal life are what serve as the primary inspiration for her work. "Art and music bring feeling into my life and experiences in the same way my life and experiences bring feeling into my art and music," she explains. "There is no reason why I choose to crystallize certain moments of my life or feelings through paint. I am just fueled by this all-consuming curiosity." Laura aims to reinvent familiar forms that unlock deep areas of sensation, and her work tends to feature high-contrast scenes of figures and spaces taken from her own life and imagination. Painters she deeply admires include Francis Bacon, Edward Hopper, and her grandmother, Ruth O'Reilly. Laura is currently represented by Electrical Room--an art collective, gallery, and private members club. 

Petrichor Pearls is the name of Laura's jewelry line, which she founded at the start of the pandemic. "Hand-making jewelry was a big childhood passion of mine, so it felt right to rekindle this love while exploring a different medium of visual art beyond the canvas. I think there's something quite intimate and special about creating art that can be worn." Laura believes that every piece of jewelry should have a life and personality of its own, equally as unique as the human being who wears it. With the aim of creating original jewelry pieces connected to the natural and supernatural world, Petrichor Pearls sources a wide variety of unique gems and freshwater pearls that bring Laura's visions of these natural phenomena to life. The organic nature of the freshwater pearl guarantees that no two jewelry pieces can be the same, even if a design is replicated.