Lori Childers’ oil paintings come from, “a unique point of view ... a confidence without arrogance,” says a recent collector. From her studio in Sarasota she paints with abandon. Honored by Sarasota Orchestra with solo shows in 2020 and 2022 and selected by Saatchi Art in their best paintings of 2021 collection, Childers is an active member in two selective regional art organizations which gives her the opportunity to be in community with and to support fellow artists. A graduate of the State University of New York with a painting concentration, she has continued her learning in international master classes in painting in 2022 and 2023.

Artist Statement

Slow painted, mysterious and unformed spaces interact with drawn objects, reminiscent of manufactured drawings. The contrast in styles and their place in art, and society more broadly, form relationships on the canvas, alluding to things made and memories felt.

I create a feeling of spacey gravity with image and mark making languages that bring the viewer into a conversation. The work is a meditation on subjects connected to home, nature, desire, and uncertainty. The familiar in relationship with the evocative. 

Where the horizon is lost and found there is a lighter gravity. I’m choosing to go around and above the conventions of landscape composition. I create an experience with interest and mystery, an awakening from the familiar, with possibilities for the viewer. 

These paintings are a distilled look at our shared landscape, as comfortable as home and a bold contemporary view of something never before seen.