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.
