Lori Field

Artist's Statement

My mixed media drawings and paintings straddle a border between reality and dream, past life and present. Through a somewhat ‘stream of consciousness’ process the drawn figures that emerge evoke subliminal, mysterious worlds – planets of my own creation, demimondes peopled with anthropomorphic ‘angels with attitude’, accompanied by mutants, exhibitionists, seducers, chimeras…and other intimate strangers.

I create human/animal hybrids who retain the physical characteristics of both. Having deciphered some of the imagery, the symbolism remains far more felt than understood, more disquieting than soothing. My hybrid creatures seem not entirely adapted to either their own environment or the human world. They are odd.

These human/animal archetypes – a cast of reoccuring characters – create intuitive narratives that explore themes of loss, rebirth, identity, denial, alienation, loneliness…and vulnerability.

– LF

Artist's Bio

Lori Field is represented by Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, New York.

Selected Exhibitions: 2011 – The Singing Woods, Illinois State University Art Gallery. 2010 – The Sky is Falling, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, New York. 2009 – Small Saints, Jeanine Bean Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Flora and Fauna, Next Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois. 2008 – New Paintings, Tag Art Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee; Fractured Fairytales, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany; New Paintings, Kinz + Tillou Fine Art Gallery, New York, New York. 2007 – Outside In, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Saints, Warriors, Tigers, Lovers, Flowers, Tag Art Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee.