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Soft pastel on archival acid free paper mounted to acid free foamboard (framed).

12x12"

It is framed with ArtGlass Water White anti reflective glass, UV 70% protection, 1/8 spacers.

Flowers have been grown, cultivated and given as gifts for hundreds of years. They are symbols of heartfelt affection and love that are given on all occasions. My painting, Spring is Here, displays a gardener's love of sharing the ephemeral beauty of flowers with any person passing by. This is a heartfelt act of giving without expecting anything in return.

This painting was accepted into these juried exhibitions:

Spring Kaleidoscope at Pazan Gallery, Mississauga, ON hosted by the Federation of Canadian Artists, Toronto Chapter. May 9-28 2024

Pastel Artists.ca 11th Annual Members Online Juried Exhibition (opening December 1st, 2023)
The Headwaters Arts Gallery Exhibition – From the Heart – February 14 until March 17, 2024, in Alton Arts Centre, Alton Ontario,

Lorraine is an award winning artist that creates landscape and botanically inspired soft pastel, impressionistic paintings. Her art hangs in private collections and has been juried into exhibitions across Canada and the USA.

Lorraine’s painting, Calm After the Storm, was awarded 1st Place in the Federation of Canadian Artists, Toronto Chapter’s Kaleidoscope Exhibition at the Pazan Gallery May 2024. This painting was also a Top 100 Finalist of the April PleinAir Salon Art Competition (USA). Lorraine has been featured twice in the newspaper, The Caledon Citizen in 2022 and 2023. She received an Honourable Mention Award in the Art and Color 365 Magazine’s 2024 Open Competition.

Lorraine is a juried Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, an Associate Member of The Pastel Society of America and a Signature Member of the Pastel Artists of Canada.

Since early childhood Lorraine has always expressed herself with artistic endeavors. In her late teens, she was creating large, abstract, 3D, papier mache, acrylic paintings that were rented to corporations through Arts Etobicoke. At the end of high school, she received an Award of Excellence in Art Scholarship. In her early 20's she was teaching adults painting and drawing at night school.

Juried Exhibitions
2024
• Pazan Gallery Spring Kaleidoscope Exhibition
• Federation of Canadian Artists 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Contest
• Top 100 Finalist of the April PleinAir Salon Art Competition in the USA
• Pastel Artists of Oregon’s Spirit of Pastels
• Pastel Artists of Canada 12th Members Only Juried Exhibition
• Honourable Mention Award in the Art & Color 365 Magazine’s 2024 Open Competition
• Art Masters Spring 2024 Exhibition, Top Art Awards, Scottsdale, AZ
• FCA 2024 Online Federation Showcase
• Pastel Society of the West Coast
• FCA Bloom Exhibition
• The Headwaters Arts Gallery – Rejuvenation
• Headwaters Arts Gallery – From the Heart
• FCA Artist’s Choice Exhibition
• The Camelback Gallery Shades of Blue
• The Camelback Gallery Artist Invitational VIII

2023
• Pastel Artists Canada Members 11th Exhibition
• Pastel Society of Eastern Canada, PixelPastel
• Solo exhibition, Headwaters Restaurant in the Millcroft Inn & Spa
• Southeastern Pastel Society
• Piedmont Pastel Society
• Headwaters Arts Fall Festival Show & Sale
• Southwest Florida Pastel Society
• Best in Medium Pastel Camelback Gallery
• Headwaters Arts Gallery - As the Story Goes
• Northwest Pastel Society
• Red Rocks Pastel Society of Nevada
• Pastel Artists of Canada’s - Purely Pastel
• Pelham Art Festival
• Newmarket Juried Art Show
• Headwaters Art Gallery – Wild and Free
• Headwaters Art Gallery – Dark into Light
• Pastel Society of the West Coast
• Pastel Artists of Canada 10th Exhibition
• Pastel Society of Colorado

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Life comes full circle as I pursue my passion for art to express the beauty of nature. I’m a Canadian artist that uses soft pastel’s luminous qualities to vividly portray the radiance of the moment. Inspiration may be found all around us, and I’m inspired by the colours, light, and wisdom that nature provides. My art reflects the ephemeral nature of the world within and around me. It’s an interpretation of the moment based on both my past experiences and present-day knowledge.

In my artwork, I explore nature as a metaphor for life’s journey here and beyond. My mission is to create art that evokes an emotional connection to nature and inspires a profound spiritual awareness of the present moment.