Lauren Boysa was born in Wisconsin, and is now attending Boston University to receive a dual degree in Painting and History of Art and Architecture.

Lauren began to paint consistently around 14 years old. In her early work, she focused on realistically portraying animals. In her artwork then and now, Lauren’s background in Wisconsin influences her work to be an expression of fascination with nature.

In Lauren’s current work, forms can surface as individual and relative to the surrounding forms. Compositions begin by referencing intuitively compiled photographs taken by the artist. This photography consists of moments from daily routes, mainly focused on the urban green spaces of Boston. Photos taken include a combination of natural and artificial spaces. When representing a space, paint is applied thinly to offer an organic essence, or formlessness, of the natural objects depicted. This fluidity is contrasted with rigid painted lines or deep rectangular surfaces to present a manufactured frame: like the green spaces within urban areas defined by the surrounding architecture.