Artist Statement:
BIO:
As a contemporary, award winning artist, Loretta expresses her visions in a spontaneous and direct fashion. Acrylic paint is layered, subtracted and manipulated using palette knives and brushes to synthesize an intricate and distinct tableau.
Colours and shapes take on an energy of their own and each subsequent layer of texture and colour she adds reinterprets her thoughts and emotions.
Loretta works with the passion that her motifs, their essence, will stimulate the mind's eye of the observer.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
As a self taught artist, all my techniques were learned by trial and error and now when I reach for a brush or palette knife to start a fresh canvas, I know what I want to accomplish. Mind you, I am still always open for new ideas and allow myself to push the envelope and experiment when I feel the need as well. I go back and forth between my various series as I feel that it keeps my work both fresh and exciting for me and the viewer. Creating diverse artworks is how I can best express myself. I cannot create the same artwork over and over again as I would feel locked in chains. I worked in a factory for a short time when I was young and certainly don't want to relive that experience in my paintings. My artwork may not always be recognizable because of this fact and I am perfectly ok with that. I do know that when collectors purchase my work, they are doing so because they have made a deep, emotional connection with a specific piece and that is what gives me and them joy.
Awards & Distinctions:
AWARDS:
2019 - Award for Juror's Choice 2nd at the Art Gallery of Northumberland's 41st Juried Exhibition
2017 - Award for the Derivative Abstract Category and the Award for the Imaginative Abstract Category at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery 50th Anniversary OAA Juried Art Exhibition.
2016 - Award of Excellence at the PRAC 17th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
2016 - Special Merit Award for the Light, Space & Time Gallery 7th Annual Abstracts Competition
2014 - Award of Excellence at the PRAC 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
PRINT , TV & ONLINE:
2022 - To be featured in the upcoming Annual Book and Magazine of Photographize Magazine
2020 - Featured on Episode 40 of Stella's Studio on Camoes TV
2020 - Arabella Magazine - Online Kaleidoscope Collection 1
2020 - Watershed Magazine Spring Issue -
Featured in Cultural Currents
2018 - Cobourg Now - Featured in article regarding home studio tour
2014 - Nuwork Magazine - Weaving Worlds featured in the summer edition
Exhibitions:
Colour and Form Society - 2021
Ontario Society of Artists - 2021, 2015, 2014
'From Women's Eye' Virtual Art Exhibition hosted by The Kefi Art Gallery - 2021
Society of Canadian Artists - 2021, 2020, 2018
Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016
Mother Earth Virtual Art Exhibition ( Solo ) - 2020
The Federation of Canadian Artists Exhibition - 2019
The Artist Project, Toronto - 2019,2018,2017
The Riverdale Artwalk, Toronto - 2019, 2018,2017,2016
OAA Art Exhibition, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa - 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, City Hall, Toronto - 2018
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington - 2017, 2016, 2014
Artistic Influences:
I have very eclectic taste in art and there have been several artists past and present who I have drawn inspiration from, however, I aim to create works that are uniquely mine alone and my true inspiration comes from within my heart and soul, through conscious and subconscious impressions, visions and dreams.
Artist Tags:
abstract, abstract landscapes, open spaces, peace, solitude, safe haven
