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A Canadian artist working in painting and printmaking from her studio in Victoria, B.C., Lorraine is a graduate of fine arts from the University of Victoria. Her work is in private collections in Canada, Japan, Mexico, the UK and the USA.
A journey in art is the telling of a story, a journal of a day. I came to visual art by way of music and a love of modern design. Making art just seems like a natural state of being. Born in Selkirk Manitoba my journey started in the Interlake area of Manitoba and continues on the West Coast of Canada, on Vancouver Island.
my art
is about contrast
the dry flatland
that holds the inland sea
the rolling skies of thunder
from the west
in summer
my art is about flood and winter melt
heat and drought
strength and vision
where my people persevered
in a land of extremes
my ancestors were Vikings
resilient
people with vision
my neighbours
musicians, farmers, fishermen
poets, risk-takers
innovators
contrast
my work is contrast
in colours of life
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
BFA University of Victoria, Canada
BA University of Manitoba, Canada
Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2011
Active member of critical studies with Bill Porteous, MFA Otis. 2014 to present
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
2021 CD cover artwork for MOONLIGHT DOOR by Garnett Betts
2019 CD cover artwork for HIGHFIELD by Garnett Betts
2010 Book cover artwork for THAT OTHER BEAUTY by Karen Enns
Awards & Professional Experience
2016 Juror - Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show, BC
2013 Award of Merit, Longhouse Gallery, Tsawwassen, BC
2012 Juror - Metchosin Art Gallery, Visions of Metchosin, BC
2007 Juror’s Choice Award, Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
2007 Best in Show, Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
2003 Honourable Mention, Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
2000 Purchase Award, Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
Selected EXHIBITIONS
2019 Painting 2019, Wednesday Group, Bill Porteous Gallery, Victoria, BC
2018 Wednesday Group Abstraction 2018, Bill Porteous Studio Gallery, Victoria, BC
2016 Recent Abstract Works, Wednesday Group, Bill Porteous Studio Gallery, Victoria, BC
Abstract Four Paintings, Dales Gallery, Victoria, BC
2015 Abstract Paintings, Wednesday Group, Bill Porteous Studio Gallery, Victoria, BC
2014 VISA Turns 10, VISA, Victoria, BC
2013 Abstract 10, Bill Porteous Studio Gallery, Victoria, CA
Massively Mini Art Show, MAG, Victoria, BC
Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
Oil and Water, Longhouse Gallery, Tsawwassen, BC
Ten Thousand Hours, MAG, Victoria, BC
Small, Coast Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
Art Brownie Zoo, INDEXG Gallery, Toronto, ON
Massey Gallery, AGGV, Victoria, BC
Art on Display, Oak Bay Marina, Victoria, BC
2012 Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
Massively Mini Art Show, MAG, Victoria, BC
Christmas Small Works, Massey Gallery, AGGV, Victoria, BC
Art On Display, Oak Bay Marina, Victoria, BC
AT THE MAG, Metchosin Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
Art Brownie Galaxy, Indexg Gallery, Toronto, ON
AB FAB Abstracts Show, Red Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
Mystery Show, Red Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
Art Brownie Project, INDEXG Gallery, Toronto, ON
Summer Small Works Show, Massey Gallery, AGGV, Victoria, BC
Multiple Impressions, Massey Gallery, AGGV, Victoria, BC
Discovery, Watermark Printmakers, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
Red Art Gallery - Art on Display, Oak Bay Marina, Victoria, BC
Stinking Fish Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
2011 Sidney Fine Arts Show, Sidney, BC
Heliolatry, Red Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
The 500 Show, Red Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
The Elegance of Black, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
The Guiding Thread So Fine, Cedar Hill Center, Victoria, BC
Summer Small Works, Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
Christmas Small Works, Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
Stinking Fish Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
2010 Lorraine Thorarinson Betts, Selections, solo show, Eclectic Gallery, Victoria, BC
Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
A Passion for Print, Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
Mapping, Watermark Printmakers, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
Summer Small Works, Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
Christmas Small Works, Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
Small Treasures III, Coast Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
Stinking Fish Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
2009 Sidney Fine Arts Show, Sidney, BC
Prints for Peace, Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Monterrey NL Mexico
Allsorts, Watermark Printmakers, Coast Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
Summer Small Works, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
Stinking Fish Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
Memory, History and Family, Coast Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
Labyrinth, Watermark Printmakers, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
Summer Small Works, Massey Gallery, Art Gallery Greater Victoria, BC
Christmas Small Works, Massey Gallery, Art Gallery Greater Victoria, BC
2008 Lorraine Thorarinson Betts, solo show, P.S. Gallery, Victoria, BC
Small Works, Greater Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
Small Treasures, Coast Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
Small Works, P.S. Gallery, Victoria, BC
Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
Stinking Fish Fall Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke, BC
Stinking Fish Summer Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
Translations, Watermark Printmakers, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
LOOK Victoria 2008, Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC
2007 Stinking Fish Fall Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
Art Incognito, VISA, Victoria, BC
Motivation, Power & Achievement Society, Vancouver, BC
Interleaving, Watermark Printmakers, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke, BC
Stinking Fish Summer Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
Homage, Mermaid’s Kiss Gallery, Gimli, MB
LOOK Victoria 2007, Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC
2006 Stinking Fish Fall Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
Stinking Fish Summer Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
Infinite Horizons, Mermaid’s Kiss Gallery, Gimli, MB
Daisy Irwin Art Show, Sooke, BC
Water, Watermark Printmakers, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
LOOK Victoria 2006, Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC
2005 Exhibition of Small Works, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
Stinking Fish Fall Studio Tour, Victoria, BC
Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke, BC
Muddy Boots, Watermark Printmakers, Victoria, BC
Aqua Vitae, Mermaid’s Kiss Gallery, Gimli, MB
Fugue, Gallery Lacosse, Winnipeg, MB
Song Cycle, Watermark Printmakers, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
2004 Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke, BC
Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
2003 Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke, BC
Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
Vessels, Watermark Printmakers, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC
2002 Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke, BC
Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
Prairie Ocean Art Show, Gimli, MB
Face Value, Graduation Show, University of Victoria, BC
Visual Impetus V, History in Art Symposium, University of Victoria, BC
2001 Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
2000 Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
1999 Icelandic Festival Fine Art Show, Gimli, MB
