{"product_id":"9781421890494","title":"Oasis in the Mountains: The Paintings of Lorrie Bortner","description":"Lorrie Bortner's work invokes a calming and settled response. A graceful moment where time stands still. All forms of life created, live in harmony.\u003cbr\u003ePeople, animals, even trees happily seem to watch our world as they slowly float by. Viewed by us in greater glory of innocent beauty for their trouble.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a place of rounded edges and cool tones. Rich with deep colors. The eyes, leaves, animals and people smoothly flow and allow us to float along with them like a dream but hauntingly close to an experience one calls back from a real or imagined past.\u003cbr\u003e-Thomas J. Johnson\u003cbr\u003ePainter and printmaker\u003cp\u003eLorrie's art are reflections of her self. Reflecting her personality, full of life,\u003cbr\u003ecolor and pure love. Her art refreshes your soul, makes you smile, always fun. You always feel pure love. Sweet Lorrie.\u003cbr\u003e-Lydia Garcia\u003cbr\u003eSantera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorrie Bortner's work is fresh and delightful.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a reflection of who she is, which is very rare in these days of assumptions and pretensions.\u003cbr\u003eWhile her work shows a directness and may seem almost childlike, which is a feat in itself, her vision and knowledge is anything but.\u003cbr\u003eBortner tells a mythological story or broaches upon a topic she deems important to her, yet it is never propagandistic. It always comes down to aesthetics in the end, which in my opinion is what art is about.\u003cbr\u003eWe are lucky Lorrie chooses to be real and honest, for through her truthfulness we get rich, colorful, fun and astute paintings.\u003cbr\u003e-Brenda Euwer\u003cbr\u003eAbstract painter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's easy to see why so many people are drawn to Lorrie's work. The bold colors and playful images create a world of color and life that enables us to travel, getting lost in the thoughts that the images create. The colors and images are in motion and they mesmerize, as if reminding us of a vision, or a dream we once had. Her work can be whimsical, yet powerful and bold,\u003cbr\u003ebrave enough to address women's issues, and yet whimsical enough to invoke the joys of a childhood too soon forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e-Carmela Duran\u003cbr\u003eMuseum Coordinator\u003cbr\u003eMillicent Rogers Museum\u003cbr\u003eTaos, New Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorrie paints with great focus and determination, has an original vision and can render subjects of great complexity with remarkable simplicity and forcefulness:\u003cbr\u003eshe is, in fact, a natural heir to the early expressionists.\u003cbr\u003e-Geoffrey Baker\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Emeritus of Art\u003cbr\u003eMaharishi University of Management\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorrie was born in Philadelphia in\u003cbr\u003e1955. As a child she lived in New\u003cbr\u003eJersey, Chicago and New York. She always wanted to be an artist. Her early memories are of museum visits with her family to the museums in New York City, Chicago and\u003cbr\u003ePhiladelphia.\u003cbr\u003eAs an adult she obtained an MFA in painting and an MA in education.\u003cbr\u003ePainting, creating murals and inspiring and teaching children the arts are her passion. She has received grants and community funding to create over 16 murals with New Mexico youth, thereby teaching the youth teamwork, creative thinking, artistic design and community service. Lorrie has also taught fabric painting, recycled sculpture and colcha embroidery, (a traditional northern New Mexico stitch), in the\u003cbr\u003eTaos, New Mexico schools.\u003cbr\u003eHer paintings have been shown in exhibitions around the country and in museums including the National Hispanic Cultural Center (with Rainbow\u003cbr\u003eArtists), Albuquerque, New Mexico; El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, (Aun Nos\u003cbr\u003eAtrapan), Santa Fe, NM; Museum of Fine Arts, (One of a Kind), Santa Fe, NM;\u003cbr\u003eMillicent Rogers Museum, (Sobre Muerte and Miniatures), Taos, NM; and\u003cbr\u003eCedar Rapids Museum of Art, (with Women's Caucus for the Arts), Cedar\u003cbr\u003eRapids, Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1st World Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49873746952432,"sku":"9781421890494","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781421890494","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}