Description
‘Nautical Twilight’ by Laura Thipphawong
Artist: Laura Thipphawong
Title: ‘Nautical Twilight’
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24″ x 24″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2024
About the Artwork:
“I’ve always had visions of octopuses in strange places. They usually happen when I’m overtired, or when I’m in a dimly lit room with a lot of clutter, I’ll see a brief glimpse of an octopus floating near a ceiling, or tentacles from behind the bookcase. No, it’s not a hallucination, it’s that thing that happens when you can’t see with perfect clarity, so your mind fills in the gaps. I guess my overactive imagination just happens to fill in those gaps with creatures from the deep. The title, Nautical Twilight refers to the term that sailors used for the time of day when the sun had gone down, but they could still navigate with limited visibility of the horizon and the stars.” – Laura Thipphawong
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Laura Thipphawong is a Canadian artist, writer, and historian, and has exhibited art and presented her research throughout several galleries and international academic forums. Laura made her way from a small town in northern Ontario to Toronto to pursue a career in the arts, and now holds a medal and a Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Critical studies from OCAD University, and a Master of Arts in Art History from the University of Toronto. Her studio practice in oil painting and drawing is representative of her research on the complex narrative symbolism of the psyche in response to various social and emotional factors, with focus on sexuality, horror, folklore, literature, and natural science.