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fertile creatures (series)
drawing
momma's private landfill
composting diaper
sapphire pacifier
onesie armor
infant vampire formula

photos
belly back
boob shoulder
crows
c-section cut path

preditorXtreme (series)
sculpture
fox gun
baby quail grenades

drawings
coyote sight
fox guns
prairie dog revolver
baby quail grenades

the dead garden (series)
Winter Shack, Brooklyn, NY
High Desert Test Sites, CA

the portable forest (series)
Dumbo Arts Center & Festival, NYC
The Armory Center for the Arts, CA
The San Deigo Museum of Art
Monte Vista Projects, LA
Sunset Blvd. Art Concert, LA
Human Resources, LA
Washington Blvd. Art Concert, LA
Woodbury Hollywood Exhibitions
Sea and Space Explorations, LA

participatory
you are the largest thing on Earth
art of exchange
primal scream painting booth
we
miss
wish

sculpture/installation
data planter
yard
search
loop
blue kiss
island of misfit toys

concept paintings
student waste painting
portal paintings
black holes
LED Paintings

videos
Periphery Murder Mystery
Paradigm Shifts Frighten Small...
A Flat Ontology
born free

performative
Digital Improvisational Ensemble

public art places
organizer, curator, director
sea and space explorations, LA
tree and space, LA
sound in space Festival, LA
100 person solo show, LA

 

Momma's Private Landfill 
graphite and colored pencil on paper
May 2026

Dispersed through the grass are toys from my daughter's childhood. I donated what I could, but a lot of things are broken, pieces of things, small bits of plastic and synthetic materials. So, I have a collection of these things.

The polar bears I snuck in, they were not toys, but are a reminder of footage from David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020). He tells us that after our destruction of the natural world, nature will rebuild without us, but we will not be here to witness it.

So, I put in some oyster mushrooms for hope as they can expedite the breakdown of plastics.

 

Lara Bank
20" X 48". Graphite and colored pencil on paper. May 2026.


Lara Bank
20" X 48". Graphite and colored pencil on paper. May 2026. Detail.

Lara Bank
20" X 48". Graphite and colored pencil on paper. May 2026. Detail.

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