Laura Wilde was born and raised in Southern California.  She now lives in Rancho Cucamonga with her husband Brad, also a gifted artist.  In 2009 the Wildes lived and studied for two months on a farm in Norway with world famous artist Odd Nerdrum. During that time Laura experimented with many different media.  These included oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, mixed media and clay. 

Laura has always been surrounded by creative people including her friends and family. She has a great passion for people and life.  She has been greatly influenced by her relationship with her “grandpa”.  Most recently, toward the end of his life, Laura and her mother shared his caretaking.  Laura was amazed to find that he just seemed to get nicer and nicer the more infirmed he became.  From this exceptional journey through life and to death with “grandpa,” Laura has been inspired to create a series of paintings called
“Circular Chair Series: Relationships”. 

This body of work has evolved into something that is more refined, more personal, and very dear to Laura’s heart.  Her main interest is her relationships with people. Laura invites people to sit in her circular chair so that she can take their pictures.  But truly her main goal is to get to know each individual personally through conversation that she will later translate with her brush and paints to share her insights into this new friend.  Laura sees people having and needing roots or connections rather that being detached or separate from each other.   

While Laura talks to each person she may take several photographs intending to capture their different moods.  Laura then uses her pallet to communicate how she sees each person, both physically and spiritually.  Her subjects are transformed by her use of color to show their varied emotions.  Some have been apprehensive, thoughtful, nervous, or contemplative, to name just a few.  Laura loves to capture that exact moment of emotion because it feels so real to her.  This is why she wishes to allow the viewer to share this moment with her.  Laura wants to involve as many people as she can in this body of work.