Lorraine Wake
"My work is a dialogue between the intimate objects I paint and the space they occupy...
...one informing the other."
" Through the window I peered like a night time robber at
a room full of absent visitors " .
I think that is where a painting often starts, it could be a memory or an everyday object that ignites my imagination which develops into a kind of stage set where chairs, tables with flowers, cabinets, act as prompts for an event to take place or as a reminder of the past.
I build the paint up in layers, mainly using a pallet knife mixing colour intuitively until
a tonal relationship of colour finds its way... very often supported by Jazz or classical
Music.
The act of painting for me is one of play and contemplation, random thoughts and
actions develop into a language of paint that hopefully finds a resting place in which it can describe a visual stage, a place to indulge unspoken thoughts. A reverie.
After I graduated in 2001 I was awarded a 3 month residency in North Africa. I went on to live there for a year and that experience, along with photographs and drawings on my return, fed my work for 5 more years.
I'm never sure of what the outcome will be, I just paint on until a felt destination arrives, always hoping that the painting triggers a sensual response....
I have exhibited widely and my work has been bought by collectors around the world
Awards
2002 Elmhurst Grant Fellowship
Three months Art Residency in North Africa
Education
2002 Teaching post at the American School of Marrakech (part-time)
2001 Post-Graduate Certificate of Education (1 year)
1996-2001 Falmouth College of Art BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree
1995 Kent Institute of Art & Design
1994 West Kent College
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Conquest House Gallery, Canterbury, Kent
2013 Caxton Contemporary
2012 McAllister Thomas Fine Art, Godalming Surrey
2011 Caxton Contemporary
2009 Jenny Granger Gallery, Whitstable, Kent
Exhibitions
2019 Linden Hall Studio. Winter Show, Deal
2018 Linden Hall Studio. Winter Show, Deal
2018 Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable
2018 Commissions for Westbourne Homes
2018 The Cube Gallery, London
2017 Reading Contemporary Art Fair, Junction Gallery, Oxford
2016 Conquest House Gallery, Canterbury, Kent
2016 Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable, Kent
2015 The Junction Gallery. Oxford
Foss Fine Art. London
2014 Josie Eastwood Fine Art. Winchester
Cube gallery Affordable Art Fair. Battersea, London
Foss Fine Art. Aldeburgh, Sussex
2013 Foss Fine Art Christmas Show
The Cube Gallery London & Bristol, Affordable Art Fair Battersea
Chelsea Art Fair London, McAllister Thomas Fine Art
Foss Fine Art
Quidditty Fine Art, Hampshire
2012 McAllister Thomas Fine Art, Godalming, Surrey
2011 Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Winchester
2010 Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable, Kent
2008 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London – Jenny Granger Gallery
2007 Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Winchester
Cadogan Contemporary, London
2006 Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Winchester
2005 The Blue Monkey, Mawgan Porth, Cornwall
2004 The Blue Monkey, Padstow, Cornwall
Open Studio (South-West) 2004
2003 Cornerstone Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
Emerging Young Artists 2003: Birmingham
The Blue Monkey, Padstow, Cornwall
2002 ArtActs: Edging Difference. St Morran Church, Lamorran, Truro
Five Women Artists: Marrakech, Morocco
2001 Open Studios (South West) 2001
Cornerstone Gallery, St.Ives, Cornwall
2000 Open Studios (South West) 2000
Market Street Mews Gallery, Penryn, Cornwall
Group Exhibition: 'First Collective'
1999 International Group Exhibition: 'The Door into Eleven Worlds'
The Yard Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall