Laura Naylor received a BFA in printmaking from the State University of New York- Purchase College in 2001. Upon graduating, she took a position teaching art at a public high school in New York City. In addition, she apprenticed with master printer Kathy Caraccio at K. Caraccio Printmaking Studio in New York, running artist editions, curating prints and maintaining the print studio. Laura relocated to Hawaii in 2003 where she took a position teaching at a local high school. Rather than continue she resigned and enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she received an MFA degree.
Her works on paper have been exhibited nationally and are found in both private and public collections. All Laura’s works on skin are custom one-of-a-kind and are designed specifically for the wearer the majority of which are drawn freehand.