{"id":384,"date":"2021-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2023-horizon-festival-wp.pantheonsite.io\/local-artist-series-lauren-jones\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T12:02:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T02:02:54","slug":"local-artist-series-lauren-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/news\/local-artist-series-lauren-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Artist Series \/\/ Lauren Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who are you and what do you create?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m an artist living on the Sunshine Coast and I paint figurative and still life oil paintings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horizonfestival.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LaurenJones_portriat_C_2021.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Lauren Jones picture\"><\/p>\n<p>What materials and techniques do you use?<br \/>\nI predominately paint with oils on either canvas or wood. I use a direct approach of painting called \u2018Alla Prima\u2019 and enjoy the freedom in movement and expression the technique favours.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of inspirations go into your work?<br \/>\nI\u2019m inspired by many things \u2014 my natural surrounds, light, literature and people. I suppose my practice revolves a lot around searching for light. For me,&nbsp;light,&nbsp;like paint, sculpts objects. I\u2019m drawn to any imagery where light is transforming\/illuminating the space, whether it be dramatic or subtle.<\/p>\n<p>Lately I\u2019ve been painting a lot of still life assemblages, and I spend time cataloging imagery of living spaces and interesting light environments.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horizonfestival.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LaurenJones_SummerFruits_40x50cm.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"981\" alt=\"Lauren Jones summer fruit\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horizonfestival.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lauren-Jones-Therese-20x25cm-Oil-on-Board-framed-in-Tasmanian-Oak.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"954\" alt=\"Lauren Jones artwork\"><\/p>\n<p>In what space do you like to create most?<br \/>\nI work from my home studio in the Noosa Hinterland and I\u2019ve been lucky that wherever we\u2019ve lived, my husband makes sure there\u2019s a studio space. He built the home studio that I work in,&nbsp;and it has lots of natural light, which is perfect for me to create in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What has been your favourite or most important work to date?<br \/>\nMy favourite work that I\u2019ve painted recently is \u2018Amber Vase in the Morning Room\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horizonfestival.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lauren-Jones-Waiting-For-The-Afternoon-Light-60x70cm-Oil-on-Canvas-framed-in-Tasmanian-Oak.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"896\" alt=\"Lauren Jones artwork\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horizonfestival.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LaurenJones_Georgia_20x25cm-Oil-on-Board.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" alt=\"Lauren Jones artwork\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horizonfestival.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LaurenJones_Portrait_BW_2021.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Lauren Jones picture\"><\/p>\n<p>To see more of Lauren&#8217;s work, head across to her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/laurenjones_art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horizonfestival.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lauren-Jones-Becoming-Unfamiliar-installation2.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"978\" alt=\"Lauren Jones artwork\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who are you and what do you create?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m an artist living on the Sunshine Coast and I paint figurative and still life oil paintings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1672,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/1672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-festival-wp.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}