ARTIST

LAURA BETTI

Aspen | CO

 
 
 
 

Laura Betti meticulously transforms found insights into delicate pen and ink lines made up of the words from her own profound essays, ultimately baring symbolic metaphors in final representations.

 
 
 

LIMITED EDITIONS

 
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Human Nature
Human Nature
$16,000.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

64” x 50” | edition of 33 + 2AP

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Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity
from $7,500.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 23 + 2AP

36” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Connection
Connection
$16,000.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

71” x 51” | edition of 33 + 2AP

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Identity
Identity
from $8,000.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

67” x 51” | edition of 10 + 2AP

48.5” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Ripple Effect
Ripple Effect
$16,000.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

43” x 75” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Aspen Topo
Aspen Topo
from $7,500.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 10 + 2AP

36” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Authenticity I
Authenticity I
from $7,500.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 23 + 2AP

36” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Authenticity II
Authenticity II
from $7,500.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 23 + 2AP

36” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Kalology
Kalology
from $7,500.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 10 + 2AP

36” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Mind’s Eye
Mind’s Eye
from $7,500.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 10 + 2AP

36” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Extinction
Extinction
from $7,500.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 10 + 2AP

36” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Evan’s Ascent
Evan’s Ascent
from $7,500.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 10 + 2AP

36” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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Embodiment
Embodiment
$12,000.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 10 + 2AP

36” x 36” | edition of 23 + 2AP

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The Little Prince
The Little Prince
$12,000.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 10 + 2AP

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Alice (Down The Rabbit Hole)
Alice (Down The Rabbit Hole)
$12,000.00

by Laura Betti | framed archival print of freehand drawing on cotton paper

51” x 51” | edition of 10 + 2AP

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ORIGINAL DRAWINGS

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Connection | 70.5 x 51"
Connection | 70.5 x 51"
$130,000.00

by Laura Betti | framed original ink on paper freehand drawing on archival cotton paper

70.5” x 51”

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Ripple Effect | 51 x 70.5"
Ripple Effect | 51 x 70.5"
$130,000.00

by Laura Betti | framed original ink on paper freehand drawing on archival cotton paper

43” x 75”

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PROCESS

Laura Betti approaches drawing as a form of visual architecture, shaped by her background in architecture and a disciplined, research-driven practice. Each work emerges from months of inquiry into philosophy, history, science, and poetic reflection, followed by careful schematic planning and refinement.

Betti’s work reflects on how modern life influences the human mind and body, as well as humanity’s enduring relationship with the natural and built environment. Her drawings are composed entirely of text—often drawn from her own written essays—meticulously rendered in fine pen-and-ink lines. In this way, language becomes structure and thought becomes form.

From a distance, the compositions read as fluid and organic; up close, they reveal intricate fields of words carrying layered symbolic meaning. In Aspen’s landscape—where nature, reflection, and intentional living intersect—Betti’s work invites viewers to slow down, look closely, and consider how environment, perception, and knowledge shape contemporary experience.

 

BIOGRAPHY

Life long artist Laura Betti holds an architecture degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. She applies a structural and algorithmic design process to her large-scale freehand compositions. Add months of subject matter research, schematic drawings and pen and ink concept sketches, and Betti’s impressions slowly transform into a final work of art.  

The artist’s current interest spans the effects of modern society on the human mind and body, to the historic human interactions with, and impacts upon, surroundings. After considerable research, subject matter interpretations are distilled into a series of factually based text, poetry, philosophical and historic perspectives. Betti then meticulously transforms found insights into delicate pen and ink lines, ultimately baring symbolic metaphors in final representations.

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