artist statement and inspiration

“I am inspired by the emotion and energy within me, the places I visit, the people who inspire, and our landscape. I translate this into visual language using my paintbrush.

Heatwave radiates warmth and joy delivered through an abstracted composition. You can feel the heat.

My artwork visualises emotional energy. It's these energetic, spontaneous landscapes that I love to create. I have learnt not to get too caught up in the outcomes but just to let the process happen, and the magic will come!”

- Lara Scolari

This stunning original artwork on canvas is from the Lara’s ‘Vim Vitae’ Series created in 2020. This current body of work captures the life force that bubbles and bursts invisibly all around us, and burns just as brightly in our body and minds even as we sit still; especially as we sit still. Celebrating our creative energy Lara’s paintings are a reminder that renewal is a constant available to all of us. Her signature organic motifs are conjured into shape with rope and other natural materials and rendered in swirls of ink up to 40 layers deep.

“I create landscapes of life force. tapping into vibrations and responding to the moment."

- Lara Scolari