Lauren is originally from Ottawa and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Ottawa. The area she feels most connected to is portraiture because, unlike in real life, in portraiture, feelings and thoughts can be frozen and studied. What can be confusing, intimidating, and overwhelming can be understood through the process of painting a subject. She wouldn’t call herself a “people person”, so portraiture allows her to connect deeply with subjects on her own terms and express what she finds as important “tells” and points of connection on the canvas. She aims to contribute to the female lens of art by exploring what it means to be human in a female body, both by her hand and subject matter.