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1. Gestures, Intimations, Inclinations no. 12, diptych, 2008, encaustic, horse hair,
      gouache, mylar, photographs, composted and branded silk on cradled panel,
      12" x 12" each panel
2. Gestures, Intimations, Inclinations no. 34, diptych, 2008, encaustic, horse hair,
      gouache, mylar, photographs, composted and branded silk on cradled panel,
      12" x 12" each panel
3. Mind F__K, 6 panel installation, 2008, encaustic, horse hair, gouache, mylar,
      photographs, rusted and branded silk cradled panel, 24" x 36" installation size
4. Between Sleep & Dreams, 2008, encaustic, horse hair, gouache, mylar,
      photographs, rusted and branded silk on wood, 72" x 48"
5. Between Sleep & Dreams, detail
6. Toxic Bloom, 2008, encaustic, horse hair, gouache, mylar, photographs, rusted
      and branded silk on wood, 48"x 72"
7. How much time do we have?, 2008, encaustic, horse and human hair, mixed media
      on composted and branded silk on wood, 72" x 48"
8. How much time do we have?, detail, 20" x 40"
9. Come Early Morning, diptych, 2008, encaustic, human hair, mixed media on rusted
      and branded silk on wood, 24" x 48"
10. Come Early Morning, detail
11. Becoming Pink, 2009, encaustic, human hair, mixed media on rusted and branded
      silk on wood, 36" x 36"
12. Becoming Pink, detail
13. Misguided Angel Hanging Over Me, 2009, encaustic, human hair, mixed media on
      rusted and branded silk on wood, 36" x 36"
14. Misguided Angel Hanging Over Me, detail
15. Flaupher, 2008, encaustic, digital prints, photographs, horse hair, paper, oil
      paint on composted and branded silk on wood, 12” x 12”
16. Circulation, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on cotton, 12” x 12”
17. Saccharine, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
18. Blow, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
19. Sprawl, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”42”
20. Bloom, 2005, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
21. Blossom, 2005, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”

Contact Information
e-mail: lorigles@earthlink.net
www.lorraineglessner.net
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Artist Statement
Experience is never limited and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spiderweb of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness and catching every airborne particle in its tissue.
          -Henry James

All living things leave a physical mark, a stain or an imprint. The cyclic nature of the earth and our bodies serve to jog the mind, to remind us of the propensity to seek progress within cycle, and to measure that progress against the repetitive constant. Layers of holes, cracks, smudges, graffiti and signage on the surfaces of the earth, the body and within urban environments speak to this cycle and read as a palimpsest on which personal, political and cultural histories are written. As the inveterate layers of marks intermingle and merge with the new, they create an iconography significant to the present, yet allude to both the past and future. My intent is to follow and record these marks as evidence of the spectacle, the vulnerability and complexity of human activity and the poetic violence that is life.

Just as this process takes place, my pieces begin with a dense under-painting of swirls, clumps and lines, which reference roots, veins and the various systems of underlying channels integral to life. This framework serves as infrastructure for subsequent layers of recorded marks in the form of stained fabrics and papers, rubbings, tracings and drawings taken from city surfaces and environments. Along with my intuitive responses to them in paint, the layers and marks merge together as circuitous networks that interconnect, meld, splinter and discontinue only to begin again as another series of marks. Adding to this narrative are clusters of collaged images and patterns from high-end fashion and interior design magazines, street photographs and found materials, which interact with and contextualize the markings as well as speak to our excessive wants, needs, temptations and desires as a culture. In a continuous process of order and chaos, accrual and removal, concealment and exposure, the layers of paint and material create new narratives, which look through and into time, thus reminding us of perpetuation, synthesis and regeneration.