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| November 2009:
Top five links for inspiration. |
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| Javier
Senosiain |
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CG Caricatures |
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Urban Camouflage Art |
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Claire Morgan |
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Lori
Nix |
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November
2009 |
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An
interview with Lori
Earley:
Fine Artist
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| All images
have been used with permission. All
images are copyrighted and strictly
for educational and viewing purposes. |
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| The
Abolition, 12" x 16",
Oil on Board |
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Tell
us a little bit about your background?
Where are you from originally?
I grew up in Rye, New York, and lived
there until I was 19. It was a small
town with nothing really to do there,
but I did live right down the street
from an amusement park and that kept
me occupied sometimes. My background
was pretty normal surprisingly! My
father was a police lieutenant and
my mother was an administrative assistant. |
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| The
Parting, 24" x 36",
Oil on Linen |
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Who
were your main influences growing
up?
I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't
have any – simply because I wasn't
exposed to any other artists or that
much art. I grew up in the most inartistic
household you can imagine! My parents
knew absolutely nothing about art
and I didn't have any artistic friends
or artistic people in my life either.
The only other art I would see was
the occasional class trip to the Met
or the Moma and although I appreciated
the art there, the subject matter
didn't interest me that much. |
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| Commencement,
16" x 23", Oil on Board |
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How
do you think your painting and drawing
style developed?
I had been distorting things for as
long as I could remember – it
came very naturally to me. At the
time I really began defining my style
though, I was suffering from a lot
of health problems. I think that the
distortion was a reflection of how
I felt inside translated into visual
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| Annabelle,
11" x 14", Oil on Board |
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What
materials do you use to produce your
work?
I work in oils and paint on either
wood panel or this great, ultra-smooth
imported Italian linen. |
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| The
Wish, 30" x 40",
Oil on Linen |
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From
your portfolio, what is your favorite
piece?
"The
Wish". Not only is it a very
personal piece, but it took me forever
to paint – there must have been
over 3,000 dandelions! I'm very attached
to that particular one and wish (no
pun intended!) I didn't sell it. People
also respond to that painting the
most. |
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| Belladonna,
24" x 30", Oil on Board |
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What
are some of your favorite things &
interests?
Painting, photography, drawing, singing,
music, dancing, having a great time,
real people who are down-to-earth,
Halloween, carousels, dusk, red skies,
thunderstorms, lightening, tornados,
seahorses, jet black hair, pink hair,
the sound of crickets at night, animals
(margays, klipspringers), my 3 black
kitties, comedies, laughing so hard
that you feel sick, spontaneous adventures,
amusement parks, vintage toys, NYC,
Las Vegas, leopard, cheetah and zebra
prints, love, kissing, victorian wallpaper,
red velvet cake body wash, massages,
buttercream frosting moisturizer,
vanilla perfume, soft sheets, karaoke,
vintage photographs, faux food (especially
faux pastries!!), pink frosted cupcakes,
brick oven pizza, bloody Marys, black
eyeliner, anything strange, eerie
and unusual. |
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For information
about Lori Earley, please visit:
www.loriearley.com |
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