Medium of Choice: Acrylic
"Trekell brushes have made a huge difference in the way I manipulate paint, achieve certain effects to reflect my practice with spray paint on the streets, and the relationship I have with my studio practice. Brushes of such versatility and high quality make studio painting far more fun, exploratory and tactile, and I’m so grateful to be part of this team!
My favorite brushes at moment are the Golden Taklon short handle, especially number 6 - I love that you can achieve a thicker fill as well as thinner lines with the tip. It allows for fluidity of application and unique capabilities for creating texture all with the same brush!"
Lauren YS (they/them) is a queer Asian-American femme with a deep passion for visual storytelling. Based in LA and carrying a B.A. in English and Fine Art from Stanford University, Lauren applies their background in literature to the urban sphere through freestyle muralism. Their signature style of high-chroma design elements interwoven with dynamic portraiture creates lush, florid pictorial portals to worlds that are as just as they are visually captivating.
Lauren’s work seeks to bring an element of the fantastical and narrative fluidity to the dignity of their characters’ person-hoods, with a specific passion for creating space for queer and BIPOC stories. From large scale murals to multi-layered works on canvas, Lauren’s work draws inspiration from queer worlds, fluidity, mythology, dreams, animation, travel, nature, human dignity and their mixed Asian-American heritage. Lauren’s vision encapsulates the lifetime search for identity, a love of local myth, and the constant excavation of the human experience.
Artist Links: Instagram Website
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