Lauren YS, also known as Squid.Licker, was excited to return to Providence after they had studied years before at Brown and RISD. Their mural is inspired by a Gypsy Moth epidemic Rhode Island was dealing with at the time of the mural. The creatures would mainly feed during the night, consuming the leaves of many species of trees. Much of Lauren YS’ work is inspired by the beauty of nature.
Lauren YS is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work is influenced by multiple stages of focus, both geographically and in practice. With dynamic bouts in academics, literature and writing, teaching, illustration, and animation leading up to their arrival in the urban art sphere, the influences of these phases of their own career add up to a robust style of murals and fine art. Lauren’s work is influenced by dreams, mythology, death, comics, love, sex, psychedelia, animation and their Asian-American heritage.
