The Buoyancy of Water | Lauren Esplin

Beach Culture is deeply entrenched in human nature and Lauren’s contemporary paintings combine abstracted coastal landscapes featuring emotive markings with detailed figures that echo the familiar.

This intriguing juxtaposition is a signature of the artist’s style, drawing the viewer effortlessly into the paintings, wrapping them in innate understanding.

The merging of impressionist, abstract and figurative styles form a response to the landscape that connects deeply to the human psyche.

Sandstone pinks, dove greys, verdigris, teal and turquoise form a soft background, while the colour of hot sun on sea-splashed skin finely realised in perfectly created human form is the active subject of each work.

Lauren lives and works on Guringai country in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, and it was in a scout hall near Curl Curl Beach many years ago that she learnt her craft, painting with a group of female artists belonging to a local art collective.

She explains, too, that her creation process starts with just a moment in time.

“It’s about the way the landscape makes me feel rather than the landscape itself. I look to capture the moment, not as it was, but as it was felt”.

This emotion is captured in the figures

Lauren paints, their response to the environment a central theme in her work, the joy of human connection with the living world.

“The Buoyancy of Water is an exploration in the physical and spiritual sense of the phrase.”

“In the physical sense, we are lifted by water when immersed, as it melts away our weight.”

“In the spiritual sense, it seems to wash away our worries and lighten the load on the mind.”

“Captured in shades of teal and lavender, this artwork beautifully displays the movement, fluidity, and buoyancy of water.”

“The oceanic landscape is expressed in emotive markings, juxtaposed with the finer detail of the figures.”

Lauren Esplin, 2025.

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