Lori, an oil painter like myself, lives here in the Phoenix area, and the first work of hers to catch my eye was one of Kaibab Path at the Grand Canyon, a dramatic scene of this winding path that descends to the floor of the canyon. This really captures the claustrophobia of a narrow mountain pass contrasted against the vertigo of a sheer canyon drop:
And because the glare was so bad, here's a detail:
I also really liked her handling of the architecture and the light shining through in this piece,
The first thought that struck my mind was that her scenes remind me of the Mediterranean, with her use of color and play of light; as it turns out, there is no need to go abroad to capture beautiful light: many of her scenes are of California and the Southwest, and her scenes are well known to locals. Her work feels warm and inviting, like a Southern California summer day.
See more of Lori’s work at www.lorimyers.com.
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