"Turning", Pastel, 12 x 9
Lois, a landscape painter who grew up in rural Pennsylvania, has lived on both coasts and now calls the Midwest her home. She uses watercolor or pastel to portray the color, texture and spirit of places she encounters close to home or traveling abroad.
Her watercolors involve multiple washes or use of salt, crayon or collage to suggest the layered details found in nature. Her painting evolved from her career as a graphic designer and book illustrator, which involved horticultural and ornithological subjects.
Lois has had a lifelong interest in gardens, both tending them and painting them, but became involved with landscape painting while living in France in 2001-02. Returning to Michigan lent her fresh perspectives on the shifting interconnections of earth, sky and water of the Great Lakes Region.
Her work, some of which is in private collections, can be viewed in Michigan juried exhibitions, in which she has won several awards, and the annual June Chelsea Painters Fair. Lois is also a member of the Ann Arbor Women Artists and the Michigan Watercolor Society.
Contact Lois at: loislovejoy@yahoo.com
holy mackerel, you are really good…..the paintings are awesome the depth and intensity of your watecolors are amazing….jill