Her letter of interest follows:

Lauren Weir

Lauren is a mother of four and a professional artist with a studio/gallery in Port Elliot, just south of Adelaide. Lauren takes inspiration from the local area and mixes it with her imagination to create wondrous landscape paintings that draw you in for a closer look.
She believes her creative side came from her Lithuanian Nanna, an accomplished seamstress who embroidered beautiful designs
on to linen and clothes.
To see examples of Lauren’s work you can go to www.laurenweirart.com or @lauren.weir.art on instagram.

Notes on Adelaide Lithuanian Days Design

My sister Cea-Cea Bright sent me the details of the ALD logo competition asking me if I would be interested in entering. My gorgeous big sister is very connected to our Lithuanian heritage and with her our Lithuanian traditions are lovingly shared, she studies the Lithuanian language, sings in the Lithuanian choir, has catalogued the photos of the time before and the beginnings of our mum’s (the late Leokadia Pentakas) family’s journey to Australia, lived in Lithuania studying the language and culture, connected with our distant Lithuanian relatives and does a lot of caring for our elderly Lithuanian uncle (Romas Pentakas).

Leokadia’s three daughters Cea-Cea, Catherine and Lauren (myself), are very close and the first image that came to mind was the three of us in a single embrace. The image developed into a design of us supporting each other by placing our hands on each other’s shoulders. The design grew from our grandparents holding my mother’s shoulders, to my mother holding her daughter’s shoulders, to Cea-Cea, Catherine and myself holding our children’s shoulders. It was an image that could grow in many directions, in the direction of our Lithuanian heritage and in the direction of future generations of friends and family. One never ending chain of Lithuanian’s and their connections.

The logo design is simplified to represent three Lithuanian sisters who were born and currently live in the Adelaide area. We are all living interesting and abundant lives here in Adelaide and are proud of our Lithuanian heritage. We never feel separated from each other and we support each other in different ways every day.

The logo is where the Adelaide sisters’ unified chain begins. Each sister represented by a colour of the Lithuanian flag and the Sturt Desert Pea wild flower represents Adelaide. I enjoyed the process of designing this logo and feel very honoured that ‘The Three Sisters From Adelaide’ design has been chosen as ALD logo.