My paintings suggest that we are all connected. The space between people or objects is defined by our perception. We are a part of a larger world, derived from particles. The universe likewise is a macrocosm larger than our world. Perception is everything.
About the Artist
Diane Lorio was born in New Jersey, and now lives in Rockville, MD. She graduated from Guilford College with a Bachelor of Art degree in Fine Arts, Greensboro, NC. Her early artistic career as a painter started in Florida with her interest in abstraction. As she expanded her visual vocabulary, she became interested in woman's issues and traditional women’s creative expression. She began reinterpreting this tradition and it naturally lead her to paint patterns. Lorio has shown in museums and art centers across the eastern part of the US as well as Michigan, Texas and California.Artist's Statement
As an artist, I see, examine, imagine, and paint pattern. As humans, through out history, we have put meaning to the mark, as religious, expressive, or decorative. The natural laws of science create patterns in the physical universe. Our daily routines, systems of belief, and work habits create specific patterns. We are immersed in endless pattern. I examine this phenomenon by creating individual images composed of many small parts as they relate to the space around them. My paintings are abstract, using formal concepts that have suggestions of a personal reality. The patterns of our lives are formed by our behaviors. They are festooned by overlaying events that define our individuality. Likewise, I create images using the mark as a metaphor for the patterns of the physical and the metaphysical.Featured Work
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“Contemplative Pillars”
Acrylic on canvas
2022
Abstraction dealing with the formal issues of art. The work is suggesting meditation as you look at the image.
“Geometric Reflection”
Acrylic on canvas
2022
Abstraction dealing with formal issues in painting. The Work suggest a playful look at geometry and self reflection.
“Portal” $1,600.00
Acrylic on paper.
2021
Abstraction dealing with the formal issues of painting with the focus on pattern.
The work plays with the suggestion of a portal into another realm of reality.
"Pieces Afloat”, 2023,
Acrylic on Canvas, Triptych joined
2023
Abstraction dealing with the formal properties of painting. This triptych suggests pieces of imagined shaped floating over a patterned field. I was suggesting that things change over different circumstances. The over laying of patterns are an abstraction referring to similar ideas being completely different when one looks at the background they are placed upon.
”Commas“,2022, 48” X 52” X 2”,Acrylic on canvas, wooden board, and ceramic shapes
Acrylic on canvas,wooden board, and ceramic shapes
2022
“Ancestor's Journey”
Acrylic on canvas
2022
Abstraction dealing with the formal properties of painting. The image suggests that our ancestors have travelled a path over a landscape that are our memories.