About the Artist

Artist’s Statement

In my art I am trying to take the viewer to a place of wonder and whimsy. I try to capture the lyrical in what I see by combining a mixture of media.   I want the viewer to experience the energy I am feeling as it is conveyed in the brush stokes and marks. I use quick strokes and very loose marks to do this.  I want the relationship of the colors to create an emotional experience, a mood. At times,  I add texture with painted and handmade papers to create depth and an element of intrigue. I am often surprised at how it all comes together and hope the viewer is too!

Artist’s Biography  

Lorna recently relocated to San Diego from her very deep east coast roots. Born and raised in Connecticut, schooled in Vermont, young and single in Boston and finally settling in New Jersey. She and her husband  raised their three children in a historic house in a country village with, luckily, a thriving art community. They lived in that house for forty years before moving west. 

She began her art education at the very ripe old age of 12 when her parents signed her up for private oil painting lessons. Art has been a life long love affair. She explored many mediums- photography, silver smithing, weaving, basket making and others but always returned to painting. For a while, she was painting furniture and other objects in partnership with a dear friend. They sold their wares on Nantucket under the name Anne in the Middle. The business became too successful for two moms with small children and other professional lives so after a few years they closed it down. She is still very proud of the work they did together then. It built her confidence to take her art making more seriously and she began to paint canvases and show her work.  Her first one person show was in 1986. Her art  is in private collections across the country. Lorna has been honored with many awards for her work at the Mountain Art Show, the Lamington Church Annual Art Shows, the Tewksbury Historical Society Annual Art Shows, the East County Art Association, the Foothills Art Association and the San Diego Watercolor Society. She was juried into the American Impressionist Society’s Associate Members Online show, a national exhibition. In addition Lorna’s work has been juried into four international shows: The San Diego Watercolor Society International Show (2023) Art and Color 365 (honorable mention- 2025) Kingdom Animalia (Artsy featured artist- 2025)  and Cancer: Never Give Up (2025). She is a proud member of the Foothills Art Association, the San Diego Watercolor Society, the San Diego Museum of Art Artist’s Guild, the Oceanside the Oceanside Museum of Art Artist’s Alliance and the American Impressionist Society.

This painting: Above and Below was juried into the 2023 San Diego Watercolor Society International Show.