Laura Tyler in the studio, photographed by Rebekah West
Welcome
I’m Laura and I do painting and documentary filmmmaking in Boulder, Colorado. Here you’ll find images and objects inspired by gardens, beehives and other scenes where the tidy and the tangled mix. I’m interested in the places, physical and metaphorical, where control and disorder touch.
Biography
Laura Tyler is an American artist and documentary filmmaker. Her works – encaustic paintings, comb objects and the beekeeping documentary, Sister Bee – have shown at private, non-profit and university galleries across the United States. She travels nationally to speak at conferences and film screenings and teaches local workshops in drawing and encaustic painting. Raised in Maine, Tyler earned a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston before settling in Boulder, Colorado where she lives and works today.