Lauren Matsumoto

This is an original oil painting on canvas re-creating the feeling of a collage. In this series, “The Rise and Fall,” the torn papers suggest blocks of crumbling monuments, architecture, or abstracted landscapes. Birds are the protagonists of the works as they forage what is left behind by mankind. Themes touched on include conceptual play, mortality, the cycle of life, and the fragility of nature. Ships wired and ready to hang.