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
Art found Lorra later in life. Once she moved to Georgia from Texas, 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. Once she started she never stopped. She is represented by several Southeastern galleries and has had solo shows in Georgia and Virginia. She has exhibited at the Atlanta's Swan House, Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Southeastern Designer Showhouse. Her work has been featured on Tamara Day’s hit television show “Bargain Mansions.” She is in private collections here and abroad.
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 collection of artwork available at
High Country Arts and Antiques
715 East Main Street, Blue Ridge, GA 30513, (706) 632.6882
The Studio Gallery
26 Logan Lane # D, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459, (850) 231-3331
https://thestudiogallery30a.co
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Selected Exhibitions
2024 Works in Wax, Contemporary Women Encaustic Artists at the SAM, Susquehanna Art Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2024 Rock Paper Scissors. No Beginning No End at dk Gallery
2024-2023 Small Works at Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, South Carolina
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, Whimsy, Joy, Hope at dk Gallery
2023-2022 Little Things, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2023-2022 Meet Me In the Garden Room, The Gardenhouse Gallery in the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia
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
2022-2019 Artwork selected by Tamara Day for HGTV’s / MagnoliaNetwork show, Bargain Mansions for her licensed print collecion.
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
2016-2012 Spotlight on Art shows, Trinity School, Atlanta, Georgia
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 with Kate Osmund, "Creativity in Place", throughout the pandemic
Education
2023-2008 Workshops in the U.S. and abroad to learn new techniques
2023-2020 Art2Life Academy and Art2Life's Creative Visionary Program with Nicholas Wilton
2016 Member of Fountainhead’s Atelier Program, Roswell Georgia
2015 9th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, Maine
2013-2009 Founded “Domicile In Style”, an interior decorating firm, Alpharetta, Georgia
2000-1998 Interior Design classes at the Atlanta College of Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
1988-1984 University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Business Administration: Marketing and Finance
Presentations
2022 Artist talk about flora inspiration, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia
2022-2019 Encaustic demonstrations at High Country Arts, dk Gallery, and The Hotel at Avalon. Alpharetta, Georgia
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”