Laura Benson is a mixed media artist interested in sacredness and ritualistic practices. She has recently graduated from her MFA program in Painting & Drawing at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received her BFA in Drawing at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Laura’s own practice is meant to be an exploration into the creation of a personal mythology. This entails creating work across a variety of mediums including clay, collaged images and found objects, metal, fabric, printmaking methods and drawing. It also includes a focus on storytelling, folklore and religious myth. She finds art making to be a valuable avenue for uncovering and exploring the mystical and mysterious aspects of the natural and supernatural world.