Lauren Graham Cunningham is a self-taught, expressionist, postmodern painter. Cunningham was born in Columbia, South Carolina, where she spent the majority of her youth. She studied at the University of South Carolina, and later lived in Rome, Italy. After relocating to Florida, Cunningham began experimenting with painting mediums, and is now a successful artist in Mount Dora, FL, where her private gallery is based. Her works have appeared in a number of showings and festivals.

Cunningham and her husband, Robert, have two children, Fred and Elizabeth.