Laura Lein-Svencner

Laura Lein-Svencner

   6718 Dale Road, Darien, IL, 60561

My collage works are in a constant state of flux with each paper making session. Exposed and revealing I find myself at the mercy of the raw torn papers edge. Visual and physical entries grow from self-discovery through twists and turns. New compositions stem from the need to fine what is all possible with each element. Fragmented stories begin to link their way to the surface allowing a natural flow of chaos to nestle itself softly in the middle. The shapes, colors and imagery become my characters of these abstract tales. They have me walking in rhythm to patterns of opportunities pretending I’ve solved the connective mystery.

Laura Lein-Svencner grew up in Downers Grove and now resides in Darien, Illinois. She’s married with four grown children and a home full of loving creatures. Although she has studied drawing, printmaking and sculpture, her love of paper keeps pulling her back to Fine Art of Collage. She’s been working in this medium for 22 years and has been teaching it for 18. She’s member of many local and international collage groups and cofounder of the Midwest Collage Society, and signature member of the National Collage Society. She has won many awards with published work in a series North Light books, The Artists Magazine and Professional Artist. A current collection of her collage works self-published in her latest book, Tack Down Tuesday’s, Abstract Mixed Media Collage Collection can be view on Blurb.com. Lein-Svencner is represented at Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin. www.lauralein-svencner.com Laura teaches her collage techniques, on-line and at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, IL and Naperville Art League in Naperville, IL During the summer you’ll find her exhibiting and teaching collage workshops all around the Midwest and Dillman’s this year.