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1. Night Sky Series no.1, 2002, sumi ink, silk paint, gouache, graphite, pencil on Arches
     BFK paper, 27" x 20"
2. Night Sky Series no.2, 2002, sumi ink, silk paint, graphite, pencil on Arches BFK
     paper, 27" x 20"
3. Night Sky Series no.3, 2002, sumi ink, silk paint, gouache, graphite, pencil on Arches
     BFK paper, 27" x 20"
4. Egg Series no.1, 2004, silk paint, gouache, colored pencil on Rives BFK paper,
     5" x 6"
5. Egg Series no.4, 2004, silk paint, gouache, colored pencil on Rives BFK paper,
     6" x 5"
6. Stain Series no.1, 2004, silk paint, gouache, colored pencil on Rives BFK paper,
      8" x 7"

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1. Circulation, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on cotton, 12” x 12”
2. Saccharine, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
3. Blow, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
4. Tract 3, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 36”
5. Sprawl, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
6. Seed, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
7. Globe, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 36” x 36”
8. Seep, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 36” x 36”
9. Cluster, 2005, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 36” x 36”
10. Aggregate, 2005, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 24” x 42”
11. Bloom, 2005, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
12. Blossom, 2005, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
13. Web, 2005, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
14. Reflection I, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
15. Link II, 2006, encaustic, mixed media on silk, 12” x 12”
16. Areola, 2004, beeswax, encaustic, paper, oil paint on silk, 18" x 54"
17. Areola, detail, 2004, beeswax, encaustic, paper, oil paint on silk, 18" x 54"
18. Stain, 2004, beeswax, encaustic, paper, oil paint on silk, 24" x 36"
19. Breath, 2004, beeswax, encaustic, oil paint on silk, 14" x 31"
20. Impression, 2004, beeswax, encaustic, oil paint on silk, 12" x 43"
21. Damage, 2003, beeswax, encaustic, oil paint on board, 6" x 15"

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Contact Information
e-mail: lorigles@earthlink.net
www.lorraineglessner.net
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

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 imprint through the natural cycle of creation and birth, life, growth, death, and the regeneration of life through decomposition. The cyclic nature of the earth and our bodies serve to jog the mind, to remind us of the desire to seek progress within cycle, and to measure that progress against the repetitive constant. Marks on the surfaces of the earth, the body and within urban environments serve as a visual narrative that speaks to this cycle, while also referencing personal, political and cultural histories. Sidewalks, building facades, interior and public spaces of the city read as a palimpsest on which these histories and narratives are written. Layers of holes, cracks, smudges, graffiti and signage that form the urban landscape intermingle and merge to create an iconography significant to the present, yet allude to both the past and future.

Just as this process takes place, the notion of imprinting, staining and marking is realized in my work by applying layers of encaustic medium to fabric and found paper that has been subjected to branding, rusting, burying, decomposition, or exposure to the elements. Rubbings, drawings and images taken from billboards, buildings, streets and sidewalks of the city are merged together with the stained materials along with my own intuitive responses to them in paint. In a continuous process of accumulation, concealment and removal, the layers of material create new narratives, which look through and into time, thus reminding us of perpetuation, death and regeneration.

My intent is to follow and record these marks as evidence of the spectacle and complexity of human activity and the poetic violence that is life.

Education
2003
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
MFA, Fibers

1989
Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
BS, Textile Design

Awards and Grants
2006
Third Place, Painting, Art of the State Exhibition, The State Museum of Pennsylvania

Nancie Mattice Emerging Artist Award, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN

2005
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Individual Creative Artist Fellowship in Crafts

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2007
Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN

2006
Django, Philadelphia, PA

Two-Person

2007
Red Star Studio Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2005
Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

Group

2007
Fiberart International, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

Second Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2006
Exhibit 3, InLiquid at The Bride, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

Nancie Mattice Emerging Artist Award Winners Exhibition, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN

Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

Dear Fleisher: Invitational Exhibition of Small Works, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Annual Faculty Exhibition, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, New Jersey

Art of the State Exhibition, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Elemental, Wired Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

The Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic, SECAC/MACAA Conference Exhibition, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Hot Wax Encaustic Exhibition, Lauryn Taylor Gallery, Carmel, CA