Turbulent Terrain: Manifestations of the Sublime in Contemporary Art
Lara Merrett

Lara Merrett studied painting at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain in 1993 and completed a Master of Arts (Painting) at the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW in 1997.
The intense seeping colours and forms of Merrett’s organic paintings evoke a sense of spiritual potential, which for the artist is linked to the capacity for human emotion in response to birth, death and love. Connecting us to the inner substance which makes us human and the immensity of our potential, Merrett’s canvases are meditations on physical, emotional and psychological experiences that are seemingly ordinary in their nature, but generate overwhelming feelings which are far beyond the ordinary.

Image: Lara Merrett, In the Beginning is the End, 2009, acrylic and ink on linen