This is the NYC debut of my painting Cloud Formation, 2024!
Andy Warhol’s installation Silver Clouds was the initial inspiration for this painting, along with my own take on the reclining odalisque. As I was thinking about Warhol’s Silver Clouds, which I had experienced years ago, I began to consider how strange it was to encounter something so light and free-floating within an enclosed interior. The stale indoor air holding these buoyant forms made even a large space feel claustrophobic. My thoughts then turned to their artificiality, and I began to imagine them outside, joining the cumulus clouds in the open air. I thought about the idea of shifting baselines—the way each generation’s understanding of what constitutes nature can gradually change as our environment becomes increasingly human-made. Our perception of what is wild, natural, or pristine shifts along with the world around us. If our clouds were to become silver mylar, we would adapt and come to believe that this, too, was nature.
We talk about clouds a lot more now, but they are not clouds that hold rain; they are clouds that hold information. Although I’m certain rain clouds hold more information than we could ever decipher.
A curator-driven art fair in NYC and Los Angeles, SPRING/BREAK returns for its 15th edition in NYC September 2026
This year's theme is HIDE N SEEK
I’m excited to be presenting the NYC debut of my painting Cloud Formation along with other work and alongside the paintings of artist Daina Higgins in LOST N FOUND, an exhibition curated by Ingrid Dinter
Tickets are available for purchase on Eventbrite
Location: 555 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
(CBS Television Studios + Offices)
SHOW DATES
September 23 - 28, 2026
Collector's First Look Preview
Wednesday, September 23, 12-5PM
OPENING NIGHT
Wednesday, September 23, 5-8PM
Public Show Days
Thursday, September 24 - Monday, September 28th,
12- 7PM
LOST N FOUND
is curated by Ingrid Dinter of DFA Curatorial and joins artists
Daina Higgins and Laura Sanders
in an exploration of refuge and reclamation.
From the Curatorial Statement:
Hide n Seek or Lost n Found, both evoke actions of withdrawal and redemption. To hide something could be considered losing it, as well seeking implies eventually finding what had been lost or hidden.
Typically hide and seek is the name of a fun and lighthearted children’s game. A form of make believe, it involves choosing a person who then hides while the rest stand still and cover their eyes. When called upon they open their eyes and run around looking to find the spot where the person is hiding. Usually, great hilarity ensues and the next round starts.
Lost and found suggests a more serious set of circumstances: something of great value is misplaced, or displaced, or disappears, sometimes forever – and sometimes, to enormous relief, it is recovered, found.
Though two unique and highly skilled artists, each on their own individual path, the work of Daina Higgins and
Laura Sanders reflects both of these themes.
We hope to see you at the show! For more information on the artists and curator please visit their websites:
Ingrid Dinter dfacuratorial.com
Laura Sanders www.laurasandersstudio.com
Daina Higgins www.dainahiggins.com
For questions and additional information please email
info@laurasandersstudio.com