Florida Artists Group

Artist Bio:

Lorrie B. Turner has been painting all her life. She took her first professional lesson at age eight and had her first exhibition at age twelve (NYC schools, Board of Ed.)  She continued her art education in New York City, and then went into advertising and the publishing/magazine world.

Lorrie’s love affair with pastel, its vibrancy of color, its luminosity and sensuality all began about forty years ago, although she still paints in oils. Her subject matter is an impressionistic urban-scape, water/marine-scape or whatever other world she happens to find herself, mirroring its and her many moods, personalities and feelings, both familiar and challenging. 

Turner moved from New York to Florida in 2005, where she can paint “plein air” almost all year. She has been teaching, giving demonstrations and workshops in pastel painting nationally and internationally for the past 35 years. In New York, she taught at the Pastel Society of America at their studios in the National Arts Club, as well as on Long Island, NY and now privately in her studio.  “I learn almost as much from my students as they learn from me – especially humility.”  She also teaches workshops here and abroad, juries local art shows, and gives critiques as a program at various art clubs. 

A Signature Member and Immediate Past-President of the Boca Raton Museum of Art - Artists’ Guild as well as past Vice President & Gallery Director, she is also a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, and a past board member of PSA, a Board Member of Plein Air Palm Beach, Southwest Florida Pastel Society, Salmagundi Club and several local art clubs in New York and Florida.  She has exhibited her paintings throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Europe and China, and is included in many private and corporate collections.

She travels world-wide to teach and paint:  Australia, China, Europe and of course throughout the United States.

Artist Statement:

waiting in artist

Exhibitions:
       2017  
             The Artists’ Guild Gallery
              Florida Atlantic University, The Living Room Theater
              Lighthouse Art Center Gallery
              Lake Worth Art League Gallery
              Palm Beach Cultural Council
              National Association of Women Artists Gallery, New York, NY
              Okeechobee County Historical Courthouse / Pearce Homestead Exhibition
              Papa Gallery, Royal Palm Place, Boca Raton, FL
      
       2016
             Women in the Visual Arts, Nathan D. Rosen Museum
              Pastel Society of North Florida, Ft. Walton, FL
              Coral Springs Museum of Art
              The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
              Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatachee National Wildlife Refuge, Boynton Beach, FL
              Sugar Sands Park Exhibit
              Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts
              Plein Air Palm Beach, Plein Fun Fest
              The Artists’ Guild Gallery, Delray Beach, FL
              Florida Atlantic University, The Living Room Theater
              Delray Art League, Crest Theater Art Gallery
              Sheila Wolff Gallery, Artists’ Alley, Delray Beach, FL
              Boca Raton Museum of Art Biennial Exhibit, Boca Raton, FL
              Multi Lingual Society, West Palm Beach, FL

       2015
             Ming Gallery, First Annual Pastel Exhibition, Suzhou China
              Pastel Society of the Southwest, Texas – Tower Gallery, Grapevine, Texas
              Plein Air Palm Beach, Plein Fun Fest
              Florida Atlantic University, The Living Room Theater
              Lighthouse Art Center, Plein Air Festival, Tequesta, FL
              Lighthouse Art Center, the Art of Association Exhibit, Tequesta, FL
              Delray Beach Historical Society
              Delray Beach City Hall
              Delray Beach Crest Theater Gallery
              Cornell Museum ‘Wild Florida’ Exhibition, Delray Beach, FL
              Jupiter Art Association Plein Association, Unique Art Gallery, Jupiter, FL
              Pastels by Invitation Exhibit, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
              The Artists’ Guild Gallery, Delray Beach, FL
              The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
              Boca Raton Museum of Art Exhibit, Boca Raton, FL
              Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatachee National Wildlife Refuge, Boynton Beach, FL
              Cultural Council of Palm Beach, “Made in Delray” Exhibit, Lake Worth, FL

       2014
             The Artists’ Guild Gallery
              Florida Atlantic University, The Living Room Theater
              Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatachee National Wildlife Refuge
              Palm Beach Cultural Council, Lake Worth, FL
              Northwood University, West Palm Beach, FL
              Lighthouse Art Center, Plein Air Festival
              Pastels by Invitation Exhibit, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA 

2013
              Ronald Reagan Ranch Invitational, Santa Barbara, CA
              The Artists’ Guild Gallery
              Florida Atlantic University, The Living Room Theater
              Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatachee National Wildlife Refuge
              Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
              Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, View Gallery, Old Forge, NY
              Pastels by Invitation Exhibit, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA

Publications:

              The Best of Pastel; Rockport Press
              The Best of Pastel - Book 2; Rockport Press
              Landscape Inspirations; Rockport Press
              Pastel Artist International; September 2002
              Pastel Journal 2014
              Plein Air Magazine; August 2015
              Delray Magazine; March/April 2016

 

Organizations:
            Pastel Society of America, New York, NY  - lifetime membership, former Board of Director
            Salmagundi Club, New York, NY  -  former member
            Boca Raton Museum of Art the Artists’ Guild – Past President, former Board of Director
            Southwest Florida Pastel Society
            Lake Worth Art League, Lake Worth, FL
            Plein Air Palm Beach, founding member, Board of Director, FL
            Delray Art League, FL