My name is Laureen. I am Swiss-American, born and raised in Bern, Switzerland. I studied Fine Arts, English Languages and Literatures and Art History. The combination of text and image is what fascinates me most. As a side-project, I illustrate children’s poems for one of my former lecturers. Although open to new media, I prefer expressing myself using traditional art methods: Drawing and painting is what I do best. Nicolas, my better half, and I recently returned from California, where I worked as a phonetician in the music industry. Also, we adopted the best dog in the world! Now we are all back in Switzerland, pursuing our careers. (Squeak is training to become a professional sofa tester).