Lara Apponyi is a British-born artist and designer whose creative practice bridges fine art, illustration, and interior transformation. Raised in the English countryside and now based in Los Angeles, she draws from a deep well of observation, rendering both the extraordinary and the overlooked with clarity, humor, and care.
Apponyi is also the founder of Work + Sea, a studio specializing in narrative-based surface design. Through large-scale murals, wallpaper, and site-specific installations, she transforms interiors into expressive environments that invite discovery. Whether crafting subtle gestures on paper or immersive visual stories across architectural space, her work maintains a consistent focus - storytelling through form and pattern.
In her work for ArdorU, the hand becomes not just a subject, but a cipher - a site where emotion, gesture, and language collapse into one. Her linework is minimal yet evocative, using hands as quiet narrators of wit, vulnerability, and connection. Whether cradling a shell, conjuring a rainbow, or casually presenting a dare, these hands stand in for voices, glances, and gut feelings.
