

Mercado Hidalgo
8 × 8 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
Swirling with energy and dusk-toned light, Mercado Hidalgo captures the layered richness of a bustling Mexican market at twilight. A soft kaleidoscope of rose, charcoal, cobalt, and gold evokes the pulse of daily life like vendors packing up, voices fading, the sky shifting.
The composition is full yet balanced, framed within a shimmering silver edge that adds structure to the softness. The palette mirrors the way market colors blur together—fresh fruit, tin ceilings, the echo of sunset on warm brick. Clay’s painterly gesture brings a sense of motion, while the border invites still contemplation.
Compact yet immersive, Mercado Hidalgo is a sensory postcard, alive with memory, texture, and light.
Mercado Hidalgo
8 × 8 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
Swirling with energy and dusk-toned light, Mercado Hidalgo captures the layered richness of a bustling Mexican market at twilight. A soft kaleidoscope of rose, charcoal, cobalt, and gold evokes the pulse of daily life like vendors packing up, voices fading, the sky shifting.
The composition is full yet balanced, framed within a shimmering silver edge that adds structure to the softness. The palette mirrors the way market colors blur together—fresh fruit, tin ceilings, the echo of sunset on warm brick. Clay’s painterly gesture brings a sense of motion, while the border invites still contemplation.
Compact yet immersive, Mercado Hidalgo is a sensory postcard, alive with memory, texture, and light.
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.
Mercado Hidalgo was created using the last of her grandmother’s paints alongside pigments sourced from Venice, Italy