Bio

I am Daisy Lawrie (b.2004) from Hertfordshire, England, with a Fine art BA (Hons) degree from Bath Spa University. My work is primarily based on Latvia, focusing on architecture, exploring different eras such as Soviet and Art nouveau, and landscapes through mainly photography and acrylic paint, expressing themes of diaspora, identity and culture. I have also worked in charcoal, pen, oil, clay and digital art. In 2025, I exhibited some works at Londonas Latviešu skola, a series called Soviet architecture within Rīgā. My next exhibition I’m currently working on will be the Bath Spa degree show. 

Artist statement

I am a painter. Although it is difficult to define myself as one thing. While paintings are typically the outcomes of my works, the processes include various mediums of photography, pencil, charcoal and other materials I experiment with to help me find my end result. I use photography to create a range of acrylic paintings, watercolour paintings and drawings of landscapes and architecture; while experimenting with clay, digital art, charcoal, oil, and ink to push further into my practice and the ideas I want to investigate. Despite this, my main medium does remain acrylic paints on canvas or mdf.
My art is influenced by diaspora and culture, and the ways architecture and landscapes can hold personal and collective nostalgia and memories. Being from Latvia has deeply impacted my focus in art, becoming the central subject throughout my practice. Having lived there for a couple of years when I was a child but living in England for the rest, the distance has created a fascination with these themes, leading a primarily use of photography and acrylic paint to express them. Visiting the countryside every summer, I feel connected to the Latvian landscapes and becoming in awe with the nature whenever I am there. My work has made a journey starting with the nature landscapes and expanding to include a variety of architectural styles within the country. More recently, merging the two and seeing what I can make to represent Latvias culture and identity.
Photography plays a crucial role in my process as not only I use it for documentation, but a representative of nostalgia and reminiscence of life in Latvia; capturing not only the beauty I see within this country but the realness and shared cultural experiences of living in a post-Soviet country. Through my paintings, I emphasise the importance of a place and how it holds individual and collective memories and values, examining the contrasts of how this is reflected in architecture and landscapes, the city and the countryside. Living in England but still frequently visiting Latvia, I use my artwork to express and display this connection in hope to communicate with my viewers a sense of longing, sentiment, and identity within my work, as well as an opportunity to reflect their own relationships with place, memory and belonging.

CV

Education

2022-2026  Bath Spa University  BA (Hons) Fine art with Integrated Foundation year

2020-2022  St Mary’s Church of England High School Fine art, English language ADV and Sociology ADV A-Levels

Exhibitions 

2024   Latvia Through Acrylic and Digital Edits The Locksbrook Inn, Bath (solo exhibition)

2025  Soviet Architecture in Rīgā Londonas Latviešu Skola, London  (solo exhibition)

2026  Degree Show in Bath Spa University (upcoming)

Skills

Attention to detail

 Creativity

Photography

Painting

Illustration 

Adobe Express and Photoshop

Procreate