Laura Domela
Installation View
Photo Credit: Mikola Accuardi
Installation View
Photo Credit: Mikola Accuardi
Installation View
Photo Credit: Mikola Accuardi
Installation View
Photo Credit: Mikola Accuardi
Laura Domela
Formative, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch
31.5 x 31.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Late Bloom, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
31.5 x 31.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
It Doesn't Look Like Trouble Yet, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
25.5 x 25.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
A Series of Small Corrections, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
25.5 x 25.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Defensive Postures I, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to panel
25.5 x 25.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Defensive Postures II, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to panel
25.5 x 25.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Defensive Postures III, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
25.5 x 25.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Defensive Postures IV, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
25.5 x 25.5. inches framed
Laura Domela
Keeping Up Appearances, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
31.5 x 31.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
The Illusion of Control, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to panel
31.5 x 31.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Complicated Loyalty, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
31.5 x 31.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Misplaced Allegiance, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
31.5 x 31.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Eclipse, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
31.5 x 31.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
The Logic of Drift, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
41.5 x 41.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
There Was Probably A Shortcut, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
21.5 x 21.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
False Sense of Direction, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
21.5 x 21.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
The Shape of Wandering I, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
21.5 x 21.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
The Shape of Wandering II, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
21.5 x 21.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
The Shape of Wandering III, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
21.5 x 21.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Programmed at an Early Age I, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
17.5 x 17.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Programmed at an Early Age II, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
17.5 x 17.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
Programmed at an Early Age III, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
17.5 x 17.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
The Story We Agreed Upon I, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
17.5 x 17.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
The Story We Agreed Upon II, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
17.5 x 17.5 inches framed
Laura Domela
The Story We Agreed Upon III, 2026
acrylic, gouache, flashe, and graphite on paper mounted to birch panel
17.5 x 17.5 inches framed
Russo Lee Gallery is pleased to present Bright Side by Laura Domela. This new body of work considers the many ways we respond to uncertainty, vulnerability, and the challenges of everyday life. The exhibition comprises works on paper mounted to panel, created with acrylic, gouache, Flashe, and graphite. Throughout the paintings, vivid color, floral and organic forms, and layered surfaces create compositions that are at once energetic, playful, and contemplative. Domela builds and disrupts her images through covered passages, marks, and shifts in texture, allowing elements to emerge and recede across the surface. Bright Side reflects on optimism as a way of moving through difficulty, making space for resilience, humor, beauty, and tenderness alongside fear and uncertainty. The works invite viewers into colorful, richly layered environments where moments of pleasure and unease exist together.
Laura Domela is a painter, photographer, and mixed media artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. She was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and moved to Southern California at age five. She lived and worked in Los Angeles until relocating to Portland in 1995 to attend art school. She earned her BFA in Painting and Drawing from the Oregon College of Art & Craft in 1999. Domela has exhibited work in the United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, and the United States. Her paintings and photographs are in numerous private and public collections, including the Portland Art Museum, Komatsu Silicon America, Beaverton OR, Mazama Capital Management, Schnitzer Investment Corp., Meyer Memorial Trust, Portland, OR, and The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, NV.