Laurinda gets

curious like a child (and about childhood).

Laurinda recalls

• and calls to her inner child.
• time reading and drawing at the local library, and exploring Huberta the Hippopotamus (her favourite statue) at the local museum.
• patterns from old curtains and duvets.

Laurinda indulges

• her interest in psychology and the way early experiences shape our adult understanding.
• visual expression where the verbal kind fails.
• both whimsy and darkness in her work.

Laurinda imagines

• lines and light as faces and cities.
• mundane daily objects as a peek into another reality.
• the effect that colour, form and shape have on our psyches.

Laurinda has

• completed studies in Early Childhood Development and worked as a Montessori teacher.
• lived in Parow and Paarl, the Eastern Cape and Asia. 
• been influenced by Mary Oliver’s poetry, Tennessee Williams’ stories, and the colour green, among others.
• exhibited work in nearly a dozen places as near and far as Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Hermanus and Hanoi.
• a cat called Luna