Laura Pittam

Laura Pittam is an emerging Brisbane-based artist known for her subtle and familiar narratives captured in nostalgic figurative and landscape paintings. Since beginning her artist journey in 2022, Laura has fallen in love with people and the places they inhabit.

Currently studying at the Queensland College of Art and Design, her practice encompasses both small and large-scale painting. Confident in acrylic painting, she has recently reached out to oil painting to continue exploring feelings of longing and dreaming.

She has always been drawn to images of the past. Laura finds the beauty of life in the small and fleeting moments captured in film. Like a hug on a rainy day, her paintings are filled with warmth. Influenced by her Swiss heritage, she uses old archival photos of family's past and present. By painting snapshots of the past, she reflects upon her cultural connection and disconnection.