Art by Laura Layton

Laura Layton is a 24-year-old artist from Tahekeroa a rural area north of Auckland. She finds herself lucky to be surrounded by native bush and New Zealand’s beautiful birds which inspired her first drawings with coloured pencils and pen. She has always enjoyed playing with various mediums and types, but now acrylic paint is a firm favourite.

Laura enjoys painting intricate and informative birds and animals, adding often a touch of whimsical or a small scene to construct a story within her painting within her paintings.