Laura Silverman Verified listing

My work is a reflection on finding one’s place in the world. My landscapes depict scenes often overlooked in everyday life, like seldom walked trails in local parks or fields of grass, giving the viewer the experience of a local inhabitant. It is through my landscapes that I seek to find connections between place and identity, the timeless landscape and the temporary light, and beauty in the mundane. I am curious about the natural biology and environment of towns and cities. I find identity in the places I inhabit, and explore that aspect in my works. I investigate the ways in which plants, nature, and ecology are intertwined within the ever changing, yet ever present landscape, and how the local environment shapes one’s identity.

It is through plein-air painting of the landscape that I am able to continuously learn how to see the physical world as a painter and the relationships between light and color, the temporary and the timeless. I am currently investigating my hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, and the surrounding landscape.  By painting plein-air when the weather permits, and in my studio, I am able to explore the temporary effects of changing light and seasons on the timeless landscape while finding connections between place and identity.