Born in 1988 and Laurie grew up in the village of West Lulworth and the city of Winchester. Laurie currently lives in London, UK, where he makes his paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures.
Artist Statement
I am inspired by the beat of the world, my movements across it and the joy of what remains in memory. From the vibrations of experience, my work is a distorted representation of the world, a construction, drawing as a means to explore and enjoy the tension between what I see and what I remember.
Working in series, I often return to the same motifs, exploring the resonance of figures in a landscape and the way symbolic representations of characters that emerge in the formation of a landscape can be read. The physical surface, choice of color, and the density of the mark lead me to a subject that emerges from a horizon. Whether a figure is caught in an isolated, dreamlike environment or a landscape is distorted by layers of memory, the goal is to create a visual space that invites the viewer to navigate their own perception.
My compositions are activated by psychogeography and layering converging lines of sight. I am interested in the limits of lived experience, allowing the drawings boundries to function as a palimpsest where different histories coexist on the same picture plane.
I intentionally disrupt my own patterns, shifting from graphic realism to hallucinatory abstraction. For me, art is a way to harmonize with the noise of the world and speak to the deeper, often invisible, forces that shape our collective experience.
If you are interested in seeing more of Laurie’s work please get in touch by email.
Email: laurierollitt@gmail.com
For Laurie‘s illustration and design work please visit laurierollitt.net.
Artist Statement
I am inspired by the beat of the world, my movements across it and the joy of what remains in memory. From the vibrations of experience, my work is a distorted representation of the world, a construction, drawing as a means to explore and enjoy the tension between what I see and what I remember.
Working in series, I often return to the same motifs, exploring the resonance of figures in a landscape and the way symbolic representations of characters that emerge in the formation of a landscape can be read. The physical surface, choice of color, and the density of the mark lead me to a subject that emerges from a horizon. Whether a figure is caught in an isolated, dreamlike environment or a landscape is distorted by layers of memory, the goal is to create a visual space that invites the viewer to navigate their own perception.
My compositions are activated by psychogeography and layering converging lines of sight. I am interested in the limits of lived experience, allowing the drawings boundries to function as a palimpsest where different histories coexist on the same picture plane.
I intentionally disrupt my own patterns, shifting from graphic realism to hallucinatory abstraction. For me, art is a way to harmonize with the noise of the world and speak to the deeper, often invisible, forces that shape our collective experience.
If you are interested in seeing more of Laurie’s work please get in touch by email.
Email: laurierollitt@gmail.com
For Laurie‘s illustration and design work please visit laurierollitt.net.