Canadian born, Laurence, specializes in figurative painting, and is greatly influenced by its history. She decided to perfect her apprenticeship and began studying visual arts at the Cégep de Sherbrooke, where she was introduced to a greater variety of mediums. After obtaining her DEC in 2014, she moved to Montreal to do her BFA in painting and drawing at Concordia.
Laurence Thériault-Lainé explores through painting the dreamlike landscape evoked by popular allegorical and fantastical symbols. For her, fairy tales offer the potential to soar into an imaginary world. Her works capture the weightlessness and buoyancy that characterize dreams as moments of escape from reality, interpreting this lightness both literally and figuratively. In some of her pieces, she revisits the nostalgic attributes and feminine archetypes of fairy tales, as well as their role in our collective imagination. In others, the artist turns her attention to the nocturnal landscape for the magic and mystery it inspires. Overall, her work is an emotional and intimate exploration of dreams and their collective symbolism.
