Laura Hamje

Laura Hamje

Statement

Traveling to a new place removes us from complacency. When comfort is disturbed, perception changes. Through altered awareness travel presents us with new beauty, externally and internally, a sense of freedom within our thoughts. A new place can then reconnect us with the present world. We sometimes forget how to grow with the changing world--it transforms quickly while we desire for things to stay the same.

The experiences and deep contemplation that occur in a new place are difficult to retain and incorporate into daily life. In my paintings I return to these foreign places. I hope to recapture the awakened state of travel in order to allow the viewer to revisit this space within themselves.

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