By Lara Karasavvidis
2025
oil & oil pastel on board
50x40cm unframed
$1,250
ARTIST STATEMENT
Lara’s work for 'Landscape Salon' offers a contemplative response to the landscape surrounding Port Fairy (Gunditjmara Country) during the transitional months of April and May, when the atmosphere grows cooler and the light softens. This period is marked by a quieting of energy and a turning inward after the intensity of summer. She has sought to capture this through a subdued colour palette and softer, more descriptive marks, shifting to oil paint and oil pastel after working predominantly in acrylic and lino printing. This series still reflects her formative studies in printmaking through a continued interest in the layering or interplay between marks as they sit on and beneath the surface suggesting the way landscapes hold traces of change and time.
BIO
Lara Karasavvidis is a Melbourne based artist who has a family home in Port Fairy where she spends time each year. It is this landscape that she returns to frequently in her practice as inspiration and as an antidote to life in the city. She has worked as a secondary school art teacher for 16 years and has a passion for seeing young people find their voice through art. Since 2020 she has participated in a number of group shows and held two solo shows at Boom Gallery. Her work is held in private collections in Australia, USA and UK.