November 12, 2024
Art
Kate Mothes

“Ghost Garden.” All images courtesy of Laura Berger

In complementary shades of blue and orange or pink and green, Laura Berger’s oil paintings (previously) meld embracing figures with botanicals, landscapes, and celestial phenomena. Women lounge comfortably in a steam bath or walk across an expanse of dunes, often rendered lightly transparent as if floating over or absorbing their surroundings.

Berger situates the figures’ interactions in the center of the composition, bending and arranging limbs, foliage, fabric, or strings of stars into intimate, metaphysical geometries.

“Resurfacing”

Her imagery adopts a subtle rhythm, sometimes even near-symmetry, in a nod to spirituality and transformation. Emanating empowerment and a sense of safety, the women wrap around one another in endearing, protective collectivity.

“Night Thoughts”

Source: Empowering and Protective Bodies Merge in Laura Berger’s Metaphysical Paintings