"Lafayette Through My Lens" – A New Collection Celebrating the Beauty in the Ordinary

Hey everyone!

I’m beyond excited to share that my next art collection is going to be called Lafayette Through My Lens. After asking you all for feedback, it’s clear that you’re just as curious as I am about exploring what life is like through a fresh pair of eyes in Cajun country. This collection is my journey of moving to a new place, embracing the unexpected, and finding beauty in the most ordinary and overlooked moments.

Lafayette is a place with so much history, culture, and energy, but there’s something especially unique about moving here with no preconceived notions. Everything is new, and that means seeing the world with the excitement and curiosity of someone who’s experiencing it for the first time. And I think that’s something special—because sometimes it’s the small, seemingly insignificant details that can say more about a place than the big, obvious landmarks.

Let me give you an example: a while ago, I stumbled upon a discarded styrofoam tray, half-eaten charbroiled oysters, and a plastic fork abandoned next to a playground. Now, think about that for a second. On the surface, it’s just trash. It’s easy to overlook and move on. But when I looked closer, it hit me—this little scene was so fascinating to me. The juxtaposition of something fancy (charbroiled oysters!) and something so mundane and “meh” (a fork next to a playground) felt like a commentary on life here. It’s the intersection of culture, pleasure, and… well, just regular life. It’s fancy in its own right, but messy, discarded, and real. That contradiction, that tension, is exactly the kind of thing I want to capture.

Throughout this collection, I’ll be painting things like this—scenes and objects that feel like they’ve been overlooked, but through my lens, they become art. My goal is to show you what it's like to move into a new place and see it with fresh eyes. The colors, the details, the unexpected beauty in the chaos. I know that I’ll see things that locals might not notice anymore, and that’s what excites me the most—capturing the little moments that tell the bigger story of Lafayette, its people, and its culture.

So, keep an eye out for this collection! I can’t wait to share it with you all, and I hope it invites you to look at the world around you in a new way too. Because sometimes, the most beautiful things are the ones that are easy to miss.

Thanks for joining me on this journey, and stay tuned for more!

— Lindsey