AUTHENTIC TRANSFORMATION Group Show

http://www.communityarts.mb.ca/visual_arts_mentorship.html

RURAL ART MENTORSHIP PROGRAM (for Southeastern Manitoba)

September 2011 - January 2012

This 5-month mentorship program with Mentors Jazz de Montigny and Cameron Forbes will culminate with the exhibition, Authentic Transformation, featuring the participating Mentees, Patricia Penner, Niverville, Sol Desharnais, St. Pierre-Jolys, Lori Zébière, Garson and Margaret Korlak, Whitemouth.

AUTHENTIC TRANSFORMATION
Sol Desharnais, Margaret Korlak, Pat Penner and Lori Zebiere

Opening Reception - January 28, 2012, 2-4 pm at MAWA, 611 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba

'Starfish V' of Series

'Starfish V'

6"x6"

Acrylic on Canvas Board

Available

Thanks for stopping by!  New work to follow soon!!  

Stay tuned. :)

Lori Z

'Starfish IV' the Series and my cabinets are here!

'Starfish IV'

6"x6"

Acrylic on Canvas Board

Available

I'm so excited!  My freebie studio cabinets have arrived!!!! We'll be hanging them this weekend and hopefully, fingers crossed, I get to organize my studio and get everything in order.  Just need to paint the walls....argh, not the kind of painting I want to do, but it will be worth it in the end.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lori Z

'Starfish III' from Series and studio happenings

'Starfish III'

6"x6"

Acrylic on Canvas

Available

This is the third in my Starfish Series.  These were created to accompany my larger piece 'Polar Play' in the Wild Beauties and Untamed Beasts Show. They were a lot of fun to create and I enjoyed playing with the shapes, colours and brush strokes on each one. 

Studio Happenings

Well, I've decided to take the plunge and move my studio to one space.  Great thing is my commute is only going to be down my basement stairs!  LOL.  It isn't the most beautiful space, but I believe, after touring several working artists spaces that pretty does not have to be a quality of a studio in order to produce good work.  I have cabinets coming this week (throwaways from a friend) and I want to get a coat of paint on the walls to brighten it up a bit, but over all it's starting to look comfy.  Good news is my hubby won't have test his patience looking at art supplies strewn about our main living area any more.  Even I was getting tired of that and it was my stuff!

Hopefully I'll have a photo or two to post in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for stopping by!
Lori Z

'Starfish II' Series

'Starfish II' 

6x6

Acrylic on canvas board

Available

Thanks for stopping by!  

Lori Z

'Starfish I' series

'Starfish I'

6x6

Acrylic on Canvas Board

First in a little series of 5 starfish I did this summer.  Just getting to adding them to the website and blog now.  I'm sooooo far behind!

Starfish Symbolism

Starfish: In Christian symbolism the Starfish represents the Virgin Mary (Stella Maris which means Star of the Sea) who lovingly creates safe travel over troubled waters and is also seen as an emblem of salvation during trying times. The star as well as the Starfish are seen as celestial symbols and as such, they represent infinite divine love. In addition to love, the Starfish also holds characteristics such as guidance, vigilance, inspiration, brilliance and intuition.

'Construck' a Study and new beginnings

'Construck' a Study

Work In Progress

9x12

Acrylic Sketch

This 'sketch' is a prelim to a larger finished piece.  In this sketch I'm testing out colour, shape, design, composition and really just playing with ideas. This may even get more hours on it and become a finished painting...but for now it's simply a start. It marks a new beginning for me, I'm excited to share that I'm taking my work in a different direction and starting a new series that will combine two main parts of my life, construction and art.

Why work in series? 

To an artist a series is a place to explore, research and dive deeper into a theme, medium or statement. To push boundaries. Some series are very simple and direct, while others are puzzles that require great thought.  It's a wonderful way to speak to viewers and communicate something more than just showing a room full of pretty pictures.  Series' can spark question, conversation, thought and debate.  They can touch on political, social and cultural issues.  Often a series will cause the viewer to question.... Why do I like this or why don't I? Why did this person choose to depict this? Am I comfortable or uncomfortable with the work and why? How does it make me feel emotionally? What are they trying telling me?  Am I receiving the message? Do I agree or disagree with them? Why should I take my valuable time and spend it here, looking at this work?  A well executed series can take a simple painting and transform it into a philosophical experience. 

I've been hungry to bring something more to my work, a reason, a statement; to produce artwork with purpose. Working in series just feels right to me at this point in my journey and its my hope it will move me to new places. All summer I've been mulling over and contemplating what I want to say with my work.  How should it speak for me?  I do believe I've found it.  I am not going to say anything more about the series for now, but will keep posting progress and more info as it comes together.  Oh, and don't worry, I have not abandoned my Winnipeg Humane Society series, that is still coming along!  I've got lots of new ideas for that too!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lori Z