Lauren Bolshakov and Morgan Walker

March 7: First Friday and Artist Reception 6:00 - 8:00pm

Lauren Bolshakov (Charlotte, N.C.) is best known for her abstract mixed media paintings, defined by soft colors, balance, and elegant linework. Bolshakov works in mixed media, incorporating charcoal, pastels and most recently oils on a variety of surfaces. Her latest work draws inspiration from collected nature, focusing on the layering of paint and linework, to create expressive, movement driven paintings. 

Morgan Walker (Florence, S.C.) received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Clemson University with a focus in painting, then worked in interior design before ending up in the fashion world. After observing the stark contrast between her father’s declining penmanship due to Parkinson’s disease and her young daughter’s lack of control when drawing, Walker wanted to create work that emulates the intentionality of her father’s tiny marks with the freeness of her daughter’s large chaotic scribbles. In her work, Walker finds balance by combining order with chaos, forming a loosely painted paper background which she then cuts to form into controlled collages.