Original works & prints

Art
that moves
the heart

Oil paintings and relief prints made in Aurora, CO. Work that celebrates the joy, beauty and playfulness hiding in everyday life.

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Luna Is The Star
Luna Is The Star
Oil on panel • 2025
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Available Works

Originals & prints
Astrophe The Dramati-Cat
Astrophe the Dramati-Cat
Reproduction Print & 8 × 10 in • 2025
$25
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Luca's Shoes
Luca's Shoes
Oil on panel, framed • 8 × 6 in • 2023
$245
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Shh, It's Bananas
Shh, It's Bananas
Oil on panel, framed • 10 × 8 in • 2023
$350
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Measured Contemplation
Measured Contemplation
Oil on panel • 14 × 11 in • 2025
Sold
Sold
Chew's A Good Boy
Chew's A Good Boy
Oil on panel • 12 × 18 in • 2026
Sold
Sold
Luna
Luna
Oil on Panel • 11 in x 14 in • 2026
$595
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Finnegan
Finnegan
Oil on Panel • 11 in x 14 in • 2026
$595
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Interested in a piece? I respond to all inquiries personally.

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Commissions

Limited availability

Custom work

Commission a
piece of your own

I take on a limited number of commissions each year, primarily pet portraits in oil. Every piece is painted from life reference photos you provide, with updates shared throughout the process.

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How it works

1
Reach out
Send a note with your idea, reference photos, and preferred size.
2
Consultation
Discuss subject, size, and timeline. A partial deposit confirms the commission.
3
Creation
Work begins with progress photo updates and one feedback round.
4
Delivery
Final balance due on completion. Work can be shipped or picked up locally in Aurora, CO.
Lauren Busch, 2026 National Arts Program Best of Show
Best of Show, 2026

About the artist

Making work that
lives in joy

Lauren Busch is an oil painter and printmaker based in Aurora, CO. Her work is rooted in a lifelong love of mark-making that started before she could talk, and a deep appreciation for imaginative, expressive color. Her paintings and relief prints celebrate the joy, playfulness, and beauty she finds in everyday life.

Working primarily in oils, Lauren is drawn to loose, free styles even as her perfectionist side keeps pulling her back toward the details. That tension, she'll tell you, is where the interesting work happens. Her work has been shown at The Schoolhouse in Parker, CO, and has found homes with collectors who want to bring more color and joy into their everyday spaces.

After fifteen years in tech, Lauren came back to art seriously as an adult and hasn't looked back. Outside of painting and printmaking, she is endlessly curious across creative mediums, spending her free time experimenting with fiber craft, digital work, works on paper, and whatever else catches her eye. She is a member and Vice President of the Parker Artists Guild.

Her color work has been shaped significantly by the teaching of Alai Ganuza, and she cites Clyde Steadman, Paul Heaston, and Mitch Caster among her favorite local influences.

Her work has been shown at The Schoolhouse in Parker,CO and has found homes with collectors who want to bring more color and joy into their everyday spaces. She takes on a limited number of commissions each year.

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."
— Scott Adams