Laura Kimpton
Laura Kimpton investigates the personal and universal aspects of the self. Often employing encaustic wax to mold, paint, and encase ideas and things, Kimpton's paintings and assemblages are packed with historical markers and language. Words like "me", "you", "we" embedded in the works act not only as wordplay but also as a mantra to encourage the viewer to experience the self and its subsequent dissolution.

Discarded objects such as toys, buttons, stamps, TV knobs, and antique type work together with old images and photographs to create a new meaning and life.