10,000 Rainbows Michael Cuffe Lori Nelson is a Brooklyn

Lori Nelson is a Brooklyn and Catskills-based painter whose narrative work incorporates aspects of traditional portraiture

particularly Goya’s Black Paintings

Shooting Gallery

the Boston Globe

and spending time with her cat/studio helper Claude

10,000 Rainbows Michael Cuffe Lori Nelson is a BrooklynDetails About Oil on panel 10 x 8 in. 2024 "The simplest access to an alternative existence, which is silent, intimidating, and transformative is when Im submerged in the ocean. I am immersed in a sparkling magical world completely at odds with life above. I feel nothing but the tenuous connection of my breathand experience of weightlessness to live briefly as other beings and matter. This is my inspiration as my colors move from dark to light,