Biography
Shauna Lan La is a Los Angeles based abstract artist whose work is exhibited and collected internationally. She is most known for her Timeless series which includes small to large scale monochrome, heavily textured paintings that represent the embodied form of a moment’s energy flux. La utilizes color, movement, and texture to address philosophical concepts, and she continually seeks new methods of exploring existence through materials. Living in New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina, she traveled throughout the US working as a radio frequency engineer before moving to California to focus on her art practice in 2006. She has studied at Columbia College in Chicago and with Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Statement
For me, existence is about creating, experimentation, and movement. My process involves observing physical characteristics such as sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, and other occurrences that are not necessarily explainable in conventional ways like lucid dreaming and meditation. These experiences blend together into a fantastic maelstrom that inspires me to analyze specific topics and to create utilizing a variety of materials from acrylic polymer emulsions, paints, pigment powders, to latex, wax, and metal.
In my monochromatic Timeless series, one can focus solely on the physical realization of a moment’s intention and energetic state. Just like our radiating fields of energy have an impact upon the universe, each stroke interacts with its surrounding, pushing and merging within the realms of a space that constantly fluxes with vibrations. The movements that remain after the creation process are reminders of the power of our intangible thought to create physical change within a dynamic, ephemeral state and of the myriad of invisible wavelengths that envelop and influence our day to day lives.