Laura Owens: A Singular Vision of Texture and Form Laura Owens (born Euclid, Ohio, 1970) stands apart in the landscape of contemporary American art—a figure whose distinctive approach to painting has garnered critical acclaim and cemented her place as one of the most influential artists working today. Her canvases are characterized by an obsessive preoccupation with texture, layering pigment onto surfaces with meticulous care, creatin…