"I like to work with traditional and non traditional techniques, combined with painting & printmaking, experimenting with concepts, color and contrasting materials," says Lorraine Agri. "My art is eclectic and deals with significant events that influence my emotions. Foremost in my mind are images that deal with life experiences. Experimentation with concepts, color and contrasting materials is part of my process. For me the act of painting becomes cathartic.

"Visual metaphors are very important, as metaphor encourages metamorphosis. The works change in the process of creating them. My paintings and prints feature abstractions of realistic and imaginary subjects, using mixed media and a variety of combinations to create unusual textures and surfaces."

Lorraine Agri attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Mass College of Art, in Boston. She has won awards of merit at the SCAN Spring Juried Show -"No Heart in Mind" in 2005, at the Regional Hospice of Western CT, and the Society of Creative Arts of Newtown. She is membership director for the Connecticut Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art.

Her work has been in exhibits at the Housatonic Museum and City Lights Gallery in Bridgeport; in SPECTRUM 2005 at Carriage Barn Arts Center in New Canaan; "A Fall Gathering of Artists in Litchfield"; Gallerie d'Arte, Ridgefield CT; The Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Art Gallery at Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden; the Piano Factory Gallery in Boston; and in many other exhibitions and juried shows. She lives in Southbury, CT.

Lorraine A. Agri
lori.agri@gmail.com
www.lorraineagri.com