Originally from Kent, Manchester based abstract landscape artist Laura Pedley
moved to the North West to undertake her BA in Embroidery at the Manchester
School of Art (MMU) in 2001. Rediscovering her creativity as she experienced
motherhood for the first time led to painting as a way to process the challenges the
changing seasons of her life brought. Her creative practice evolved over time as a
way to express the deep intake of breath and inner settled-ness she encounters out
in wild places. Using acrylic paint primarily on wood panels, Laura seeks to recreate
the peace she has found and share her experiences with the viewer, abstracting the
landscape in order to create a more emotional experience for the viewer emulating
the experiences Laura herself has had.
Laura is an abstract landscape painter based in Manchester. Her paintings explore
the deep emotional connection she feels to the natural landscape, and her
experience of finding sanctuary and an internal peace there during stormy seasons
of life. Laura is looking for the tensions between order and chaos, drawing inspiration
from the transitions between different layers found within the landscape to create
works that invite the viewer to share in her experiences.
Creating these atmospheric and peaceful paintings Laura layers rich blues and
greens, bleeding into soft pinks and peaches, seeking to capture and abstract the
essence of spacious landscapes, seascapes and skies. In mapping out the layers
and rhythms that create beauty in the midst of uncertainty, her aim is to capture the
delicate balance holding up the world around us.
