Sculpting Water

Pop Blossom Contemporary Art, Work Program Architects Gallery, Norfolk, VA, June - September 2019

 This exhibition highlights my fascination with the movement, patterns, and rhythms of water and the life that inhabits it. Having grown up on the water, oceans, sounds and rivers have always been my playground, creating a backdrop for everyday life. As an adult I continue to be captivated by the ocean and freshwater springs through snorkeling and scuba diving, mesmerized by the textures that are shaped in limestone, corals, and sand, and the ever dancing light filtering from the surface.

As an artist, interpreting these visual rhythms, capturing the feeling and energy of water, and finding inspiration in the natural world is an ongoing aspect of much of my work. Water is continually in flux, never the same from moment to moment. My work aims to capture a snapshot where this continual movement is stilled, if only for a short time. My installation based works reflect this continual change, existing for the duration of the show, then changing if and when they are configured again.

Laurel Lukaszewski, 2019