Artist Process
My objective is to catch that place between color field painting and landscape painting. I work without forcing anything into being. The structure of the landscape is elusive as it emerges.
The primary thought that echoes in my mind as I paint is “what would happen if….”. It’s a thought that creates an environment with few boundaries.
I paint with thin layers of acrylic paint using many of the same techniques and tools that are used in faux finishing. More often than not, non-traditional painting tools are used.
Shapes and textures slowly surface as I continue to ask and answer the question that is an integral part of my painting, “what would happen if…”.
Biography
With ten years of experience as a decorative painter in San Francisco, CA, Lori Latham moved to Portland, OR in 1996. Searching for a different style of painting, her work evolved to abstract landscapes. She uses many of the techniques and tools in the decorative painting field and incorporates them into her abstract landscape paintingsLori Latham’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions including Oswego Lake Gallery, Moreland Gallery, Riversea Gallery, Art-Etc Sales and Rental Gallery. In addition to gallery representation Latham’s work has also been exhibited at the annual Sitka Invitational, the annual LOCAL14 Art Show and Sale in Portland, OR, and the Festival of the Arts in Lake Oswego, OR
Lori Latham is committed to supporting local art organizations and has held board positions with Portland Open Studios, LOCAL14, and the Arts and Crafts Fair in Lake Oswego.