Froude & Froude Making Artful Connections
Open 12-4 Thu-Sun
06-29 June
Open Studio and Exhibition of paintings and ceramics demonstrating process and product.
Laura Froude will be moving her studio to Fourth Wall and will be there each day painting. Laura will be happy to talk through her inspiration ideas and process with viewers.
Sketchbooks and reference materials will be included in the Artful Connections Open Studio
Themes embrace connections across different cultures and with Mother Earth.
The Paintings and Ceramics will demonstrate Laura’s ‘Artful Script’.
Her painterly marks which have evolved through many thousands of hours creating are presented in these works as a script which plays on the way across different cultures and time we use marks to communicate .
In 2024 Laura worked on 15 large paintings for an Arab UK Bank in London. Within the commissioning process she made connections with staff and stake holders from North Africa and the Middle East who influenced this work to embrace a unique multi cultural script.
Mother Earth Love
Laura has worked on the beauty and fragility of Mother Earth and these works abstract the landscape using her painterly marks.
The paintings are inspired by views of the Sahara Desert the Great Barrier Reef and other inspiration from her sketchbook and travel diaries.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Laura Froude BA Hons ATC
Laura is a full time artist and has her professional studio in the artistic town of Folkestone . She shares the purpose built space with her husband David who is a ceramicist. They invite other local artists to collaborate in this unique setting.
She obtained her degreeat Farnham and postgraduate qualification at Goldsmiths’ University of London.
Her gestural style and signature mediterranean colour palette was developed when she lived and worked in Sicily in the studio of the late Nino Mustica.
Froude and Froude Ceramics are hand made by David and Laura works on the surfaces using underglazes . Laura and David also combine their individual works to create unique interiors involving paintings and ceramics that create a contemporary dialogue between 3D and 2D space.
David Froude BA Hons ATC
David and Laura have both been Art teachers in Kent and London and enjoy collaborating with other artists.
