Handful of Poppies III by Lauren Hua

Handful of Poppies III
Lauren Hua
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Gold Foil on canvas
8”h x 8”w x 2"d
2025

Kiss me with lips as red as poppies, that sear with passion and vanquish all the hurt that this life can bring.
The memory of you will hold me until I lay down beside you one final time.

Get to Know the Austin Artist:
Lauren Hua is an contemporary abstract painter who uses art as a way to blend her American upbringing with her Asian heritage. Carrying her heritage to the canvas as the subject, her pieces are free flowing, with both Japanese and Chinese influences in the brush strokes, motifs and compositions, yet breaks from tradition with bold textures and splashes of metallics which speaks to the more Western, independent, contemporary style.
Her work expresses her pursuit of art and beauty, despite being taught these things were of little value, while still honoring her upbringing. These concepts have shaped her approach to art and been growing and evolving since she first started painting in 2020 when she left her established career and began to discover who she was as a person as well as an artist.