Lara Boglo-Price paints with a reverence for cultural roots and everyday harmony.
Lara Boglo-Price blends cultural symbolism and scenic landscapes in expressive acrylics, exploring ancestry, joy, and personal memory.
Her acrylic works, ranging from symbolic abstraction to figurative gatherings and impressionistic landscapes, are visual expressions of identity, memory, and environment. Born from both heritage and lived experience, her paintings weave West African spiritual iconography with serene American settings, creating a dialog between ancestral presence and contemporary life. This article explores three of her compelling works: Faces of Diety, Gathering by the Lake, and Peaceful Habitation.
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Faces of Diety, Lara Boglo-Price, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 32 in. / 91.44 x 81.28 cm.
In Faces of Diety, Boglo-Price dives deep into cultural ancestry, presenting a layered, abstracted composition based on traditional Ivorian deity masks. The canvas is alive with bold strokes and overlapping faces, each mask representing a spiritual archetype: fertility, rain, prosperity. The stylized features and symbolic patterns echo the sacred aesthetic of African spiritual art, while the color palette, dominated by greens, yellows, and ochres, evokes the land and natural forces these deities were once believed to govern. The result is a spiritual tapestry, pulsing with energy and reverence, honoring a pre-colonial cosmology erased but not forgotten.
Gathering by the Lake, Lara Boglo-Price, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in. / 91.44 x 121.92 cm.
Gathering by the Lake shifts from ancestral invocation to celebration of present-day community. Set in a sunlit springtime clearing, the scene portrays families and friends engaged in a joyful cookout. The composition balances detail with looseness, figures are rendered with spontaneity, yet their gestures feel deeply human. Flags flutter, grills smoke, and conversations unfold beneath towering trees. The vibrant greens and warm light imbue the work with an inviting vitality. Boglo-Price captures not just a moment, but a feeling: the healing, grounding power of togetherness in nature.
Peaceful Habitation, Lara Boglo-Price, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16 in. / 50.8 x 40.64 cm.
Peaceful Habitation offers a softer, more introspective view of place. Painted in loose, gestural strokes with a palette dominated by lush greens and soft yellows, it depicts a tranquil riverside in Rivertown, North Florida. The abstract impressionist style allows emotion and memory to surface rather than explicit detail. The scene feels familiar yet dreamlike, a filtered recollection of serenity. Power lines and dock structures fade into painterly texture, inviting viewers to pause, reflect, and simply be.
Together, these three works showcase Lara Boglo-Price’s versatility and vision: the spiritual, the communal, and the personal. From sacred symbols to joyful gatherings to meditative landscapes, her art moves through time and space with grace. She bridges tradition and modernity, memory and presence, grounding her practice in both cultural homage and emotional truth. In her hands, the canvas becomes a vessel, for honoring ancestors, celebrating connection, and nurturing peace.
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