“I am an artist; I have always been an artist. As far back as my memory serves, creating art has liberated me from life’s daily struggles. The concept of time passing becomes an abstraction when I am immersed in creating.”

In 2002, Lori decided to follow her life’s passion and recommitted herself to painting. At this time, she first engaged in en plein air painting. “The challenges presented by painting nature while being part of that nature have taught me a tremendous amount about studying light and manipulating paint.” The one constant through her paintings: her energetic spontaneous brushstroke, applying paint with a confident contemporary approach.

Lori resides in Dallas, a long way from the mountains of New York where she was born and raised. She attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, earning a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art. Over the following years, Lori successfully pursued a career as a commercial artist designing for advertising agencies and running her own design studio. She is currently Design Director for the award-winning Private Clubs magazine. You see the influence of her commercial career in her exciting compositions … silhouettes of the world.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn New York
Oil Painting, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

EXHIBITIONS
Select paintings available exclusively through The Arrangement Western Interiors

April 2011: North Dallas Studio Tour
May 2010: Exquisite Creatures, The Norwood Flynn Gallery, Dallas
April 2010: North Dallas Studio Tour
May 2009: Off the Wall, group exhibition, The Gallery at Oldfield Davis, Dallas
May 2009: Exquisite Creatures, The Mermaid and Octopus Invitational
BathHouse Cultural Center, Dallas
2008 CityArtCal Fine Art of Park Cities / Fine Art in Dallas book
May 2007: Artistic License, group exhibition, TVAA Downtown Galery, Dallas
January 2006: Solo show at La Cima Club, Irving, Texas
Summer 2005: Brookhaven Country Club, Farmers Branch, Texas
Concept 2004: Group exhibition, Dallas

JURIED SHOWS
2011:
• ArtFest, Dallas Arboretum
2010
• Citation Exhibition, Dallas.
• ArtFest, Dallas Arboretum
2009
• 24thTexas and Neighbors Regional Exhibition, Irving, TX, 2007, Juror: Randall Hasson
• PCPC Arts Festival, Dallas, Jurors: Makoto ujimura, Patricia Meadows and Pete Deison
2008
• Citation Exhibition, Dallas. Juror: John Lambert Marcuci, PH.D.
• Dallas Arboretum's May Paint Fest. Juror: Patricia Meadows
• Visual Arts Society of Texas 40th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition. Juror Nic Nicosio
Merit Award recognition for "Night Light on a Tree"
• 23rd Texas and Neighbors Regional Exhibition, Irving, TX, 2007, Juror: Pamela Nelson
• Art Splash National Art Competition, Graham, TX: Juror Scott Myers
2007
• Citation Exhibition, Dallas. Juror: Pamela Nelson
• PCPC Arts Festival, Dallas, Jurors: Anne Johnson, Patricia Meadows and Judy Smith Hearst
• 22nd Texas and Neighbors Regional Exhibition, Irving, TX, Juror: Naomi Brotherton
2006
• Citation Exhibition, Dallas. Juror: Mark Stephen Smith
• Rockwall Art League Juried show, Rockwall T
2004
• Citation Exhibition , Texas. Juror: Kenneth Craighead of Craighead-Green Gallery.

ASSOCIATIONS
Texas Visual Arts Association (TVAA)
Plein Air in North Texas (PAINT)