Laura New
Laura New is a British artist and illustrator based on the edge of a forest in Wiltshire. Her work inhabits the less comfortable corners of fairy tale, folklore and childhood, where sweetness, humour and menace have a tendency to occupy the same space.
Drawing particularly from the darker traditions of the Brothers Grimm, her work uses familiar fairytale imagery to explore memory, nostalgia and the strange unease of childhood. Rather than illustrating existing stories, she creates fragments of narratives, leaving the viewer to decide what may have happened before, or what is about to happen next.
For Art Car Boot Fair 2026: PLAY FREE, New has pushed this idea into something rather more unruly with The Cabinet of Curiosities, an interactive work inhabited by the lingering spirit of the witch from Hansel & Gretel. Visitors may consult the Cabinet and receive one of six miniature artworks accompanied by a peculiar recipe and unsolicited advice. What they receive is entirely at the witch’s discretion. Complaints are not encouraged. Alongside the Cabinet, New presents paintings, prints and objects continuing her exploration of the uneasy territory between innocence and the macabre, beauty and grotesquery, nostalgia and dread.
EU CUSTOMERS: Unfortunately, Laura is currently unable to ship orders to EU countries due to the new EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) requirements, which place additional compliance and administrative obligations on small businesses selling into the EU. As a very small independent artist, Laura is currently unable to meet these requirements, so EU shipping is temporarily unavailable. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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