Lara is a Melbourne-based artist working across still life painting and digital art. Drawing on her Dutch heritage and a strong sensitivity to colour, her practice explores stylised aesthetics, playful shifts in perspective, and the use of overlays to build visually layered compositions. Grounded in the feminine world, her work brings meaning to everyday objects through both painted and digital forms.
Lara's interest in still life emerged from the rituals of sharing meals. Whether eating at home or dining out, familiar objects such as glasses, plates, cutlery, and napkins are constant presences. These objects recur across her work as quiet witnesses to connection, care, and time spent together. For Lara, still life becomes a way of observing relationships without depicting the figure, allowing intimacy to be felt rather than seen.
Through carefully composed scenes, her paintings and graphic works construct subtle narratives that explore tenderness, absence, and togetherness. By elevating the ordinary, Lara invites viewers to reflect on the emotional weight carried by everyday rituals and the shared spaces in which relationships and the self are formed and sustained.
