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A R T I S T  S T A T E M E N T

 

My work is about connecting to our environment through themes of nature, family and home.  To represent this connection, I loosely paint the flight of a hummingbird, the texture of a nest, the color of nature, and the shape of a vase. Digging deeper, these paintings represent family life cycles, hope, renewal, gratitude and home.

 

Mixing up mixed media is fun and I work in a variety of mediums, including encaustic.  The desire to explore materials is a constant in my process.  I often ask myself, “What if I tried…” and have incorporated silk, bed sheets, paper, and other materials to create layering.  I enjoy making stencils and studying pattern.

 

Exploring the world through travel adds to my knowledge of my surrounding and seeps into my paintings.  To me, painting Is like solving a complex puzzle.  There are so many moving parts to resolve, so many ideas to ponder.  The exploration is endless and the completion of a painting, joyous.

 

B I O

 

Alpharetta, GA 1966

After graduating from the University of Texas in Austin, Lorra worked for years in the financial services industry.  She felt a creative void and once she moved to Georgia, she decided to make a change and enrolled in interior design courses at The Atlanta College of Arts.  Exposure and interest in interior design led to painting.  She is self taught but has taken painting classes in Africa, France and in the U.S.  She is represented by two Georgia galleries, dk Gallery and High Country Art, and in Florida, The Studio Gallery 30a.  She has exhibited at the Swan House, Atlanta Botanical Garden and the Southeastern Designer Showhouse.  Her work has been featured on Tamara Day’s HGTV / Magnolia Network show “Bargain Mansions.”  Her mixed media work has been featured in solo and juried shows.

R E P R E S E N T A T I O N

 

dk Contemporary Gallery 

25 West Park Square NE, Marietta, GA 30060, (770) 427-5377

https://dkgallery.us/artist/lorra-kurtz  

 

Tamara Day’s Bargain Mansions

Exclusive online print program of artwork

www.tamaraday.com 

 

High Country Arts and Antiques

715 East Main Street, Blue Ridge, GA 30513, (706) 632.6882

www.highcountryart.com  

 

The Studio Gallery

26 Logan Lane # D, Santa Rosa Beach, FL  32459, (850) 231-3331

@studiogallery30a

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Selected Exhibitions

 

2023    Whimsy, Alpharetta Arts Center, Alpharetta, Georgia

 

2023    ADC Fine Art Spring Competition finalist, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

2023    Tell Me A Story, Americana, It’s All Black and White, Inside Out, Smile, Curated by Design(er) IV, at dk Gallery
 

2023-  Little Things, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta Georgia

2022

 

2023-  Meet Me In the Garden Room, The Gardenhouse Gallery in the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta Georgia

2022

 

2022    Solo show, Art Pop Up at The Hotel at Avalon, Alpharetta Georgia

 

2022    Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Southeastern Designer Showhouse. painting selection by Theresa Ory Interiors, Atlanta Georgia
 

2022    All Creatures Great and Small, Potluck, Inspired, Oh the Places You’ll Go, Abstraction, Bloom, Warm Up / Cool Down shows at dk Gallery

 

2022-   Artwork selected by Tamara Day for HGTV’s / MagnoliaNetwork show, Bargain Mansions.  Selected artwork in her licensed 

2019    print collection.

 

2021    Squared Away, Birds of a Feather, Squared Away, Curated by Designer, Home for the Holidays shows at dk Gallery

 

2020    Holiday Hop, Wonder and Whimsy, Hope is the Thing With Feathers, By Land & By Sea shows at dk Gallery

 

2019    Small Gems, Unseen, Vivid, Small Works, Buckhead Pop-up shows at dk Gallery

 

2019    ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Georgia Chapter’s Art Gala, Atlanta Georgia

 

2019    Fresh Start, East End Gallery, Inlet Beach Florida

 

2019    Solo show, City of Alpharetta, Atlanta Georgia   

 

2018    Solo show, Roots and Wings, dk Gallery

 

2018    Moments and Memories, East End Gallery, Inlet Beach Florida

 

2018    Atlanta Magazine's HOME Modern Showhouse, painting selection by J. Witzel Interior Design, Atlanta Georgia

 

2018    Best of dk Gallery, Grits and Glory, Kaleidoscope Explosion shows at dk Gallery

 

2017    Solo show, From Land to Sky, Jane Sandelin Gallery at Art Works, Inc., Richmond Virginia

 

2017    New Year, New Artists, New Work,  Pin-up Show at dk2 Gallery and dk Gallery 

 

2016    A Square Christmas, Photo Abstraction, I've Got the Blues, Smile, On The Sur- face, New Year, New Art, New Work shows at dk2 Gallery and dk Gallery

 

2016-   Spotlight on Art shows, Trinity School, Atlanta Georgia

2012

 

2015    Pretty in Pink, Farm to Table, Breaking the Rules, White Christmas, dk Gallery 

 

 

Corporate Collection

 

2021    Permanent Collection, JLL Atlanta, Atlanta Georgia

 

 

Artist in Residency

 

2020    COVID-19 Artist Residency, Creativity In Place, throughout the pandemic

             Interview with Kate Osmond about the program.

 

 

Education

 

2023-   Various workshops in the U.S. and abroad to learn new techniques.

2008

 

2023-    Art2Life Academy

2020

 

2020    Art2Life’s Creative Visionary Program with Nicholas Wilton

 

2016     Member of Fountainhead’s Atelier Program, Roswell Georgia

 

2015     9th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown Maine

 

2013-    Founded “Domicile In Style”, an interior decorating firm,  Alpharetta Georgia

2009

 

2000-  Interior Design classes at the Atlanta College of Arts, Atlanta Georgia 

1998   

 

1988-   University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Business Administration:  Marketing and Finance

1984

 

 

Presentations

 

2022     Artist talk about flora inspiration, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta Georgia

 

2022-   Encaustic demonstrations at High Country Arts, Gallery, and The Hotel at Avalon in Alpharetta

2019

 

2020    Instagram Live Artist Chat with Tamara Day

 

2017    “Paper Please” Panelist, dk Gallery

 

2017    Art talk on exhibition, “From Land to Sky”, Art Works, Inc., Richmond Virginia

 

 

Press

 

2022    Stroll Historical Brookhaven, “Town and Culture” by Denise Jackson

 

2022    Modern Luxury Atlanta, dk Gallery’s featured art page

 

2022    Canvas Rebel, “Meet Lorra Kurtz”

 

2022    House and Garden, “The Art Edit”

 

2022    Marietta Daily Journal, “All Creatures Great and Small”

 

2020    KCTV’s Morning Show ,“HGTV star shows three ways to style a buffet table,” Tamara Day

 

2019    American Art Collector, dk Gallery Artists

 

2019    American Society of Interior Designer’s Art Gala featured painting for marketing materials

 

2019    Art Guide, "Artist Process”

 

2018    Marietta Daily Journal, “dk Gallery's Roots & Wings”

 

2018    Voyage ATL Magazine, “Art and Life with Lorra Kurtz”

 

2017    North Fulton Family Life, "Mixed Media Artist Lorra Kurtz, The Whole Ball of Wax” by Brandi Price

 

2017    Art Guide featured painting for Art Works Studio and Galleries

 

2016    Birmingham Home and Garden, "Deck Your Walls”

 


 

 

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