Laura is based in Kareela, Sydney close to the Royal National Park. She was born in Trieste, Italy, then emigrated to New Zealand and has lived in Australia since 1973.

Initially a painter, she mainly works with etching, collagraphs, photopolymer intaglio and mixed media.

Her academic qualifications include a Dip Fine Art, a Dip Ed from Canterbury University NZ and a Masters of Fine Art UNSW COFA. As a well respected educator, she has taught widely in tertiary institutions in New Zealand and Australia.

Laura is a member of many printmaking associations with which she exhibits regularly, notably the Sydney Printmakers (secretary 2001-3), the Print Circle, (president 1994-95) and Southern Printmakers (president 1985-86). She was also the NSW representative to the Print Council of Australia 1984-85.

Drawing upon personal experience, her work has explored themes of identity, dislocation and journeys. Her physical environment, from the skeletal forms of the New Zealand hills to the rich textural diversity of the Australian bush, continues to be a major inspiration.

Among her latest work is a series of mixed media works based on the giant abandoned cranes of the Cockatoo Island dockyard. In it she aims to record the atmosphere they evoke, the life they still seem to exude and to pay a tribute to their past glory.

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