
El Jardin de la Union
8 x 10 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2025
Windows of the World Collection
Certificate of Authenticity and Floater Frame Included | Signed by the Artist
Created using handmade paints with pigments sourced from Venice, Italy
El Jardín de la Unión is a painted breath—warm, fragrant, and sunlit. Inspired by the heart of Guanajuato, Mexico, this piece captures the soft glow and gentle motion of a garden plaza in full bloom, where sound, color, and history float together in the afternoon light.
A powder blue window centers the piece, framed by layers of peach, rust, and soft jade that swirl and dissolve like petals or clouds. The balance between symmetry and atmosphere reflects Clay’s interest in duality, stillness against movement, memory against the present. The work feels both grounded and ethereal, like standing beneath the jacarandas just as they begin to fall.
Intimate yet open, El Jardín de la Unión radiates softness and nostalgia. It’s a love letter to place, rooted, romantic, and quietly alive.
El Jardin de la Union
8 x 10 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2025
Windows of the World Collection
Certificate of Authenticity and Floater Frame Included | Signed by the Artist
Created using handmade paints with pigments sourced from Venice, Italy
El Jardín de la Unión is a painted breath—warm, fragrant, and sunlit. Inspired by the heart of Guanajuato, Mexico, this piece captures the soft glow and gentle motion of a garden plaza in full bloom, where sound, color, and history float together in the afternoon light.
A powder blue window centers the piece, framed by layers of peach, rust, and soft jade that swirl and dissolve like petals or clouds. The balance between symmetry and atmosphere reflects Clay’s interest in duality, stillness against movement, memory against the present. The work feels both grounded and ethereal, like standing beneath the jacarandas just as they begin to fall.
Intimate yet open, El Jardín de la Unión radiates softness and nostalgia. It’s a love letter to place, rooted, romantic, and quietly alive.
Windows of the World explores memory and the destinations that shape identity. Each painting reflects Laura Clay’s experiences traveling across cultures, capturing the balance between rootedness and transition. Inspired by her travels to places like Mexico, Italy, and Spain, Clay incorporates locally sourced pigments and natural materials, allowing each piece to embody the essence of its origin. As the series expands, new works will be titled after the locations where these materials were gathered, deepening the connection between place, and memory and exploring how travel transforms identity.
El Jardin de la Union was created using the last of her grandmother’s paints alongside pigments sourced from Venice, Italy.