Audrey Auld w/ Eric Heiligenstein

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Saturday, August 21, 2004

With a healthy balance of respect and irreverence for the traditions Audrey Auld is an engaging entertainer who writes and performs with passion, humor and insight. Her love of roots music is evident, as are the influences of Lucinda Williams, Loretta Lynn and her Australian mate Kasey Chambers.

\"Music with the dirt left on\" is how the country/roots singer/songwriter describes her music. \"Closer to being organic, than something that\'s been manufactured.\" Whether humorous or poignant, Audrey---s songs carry the ring of truth.

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