LELA Artist Galleries
Louise Durocher
"I explore the complex human feelings, tensions, and experiences that manifest in relationships. By constructing moments of understanding that explore an outsider’s voice, I unite deep physicality and vulnerability. Concealed narratives and complex simplicity are an esthetic and theme throughout my work that subtly or captivatingly allows the viewer to question its Meaning. I engage the viewer to discover and express the “raison d’être” or reason of being. "
Susan Karhroody
I consider myself a "socially conscious artist." I engage with a variety of important issues and I use my art to address and reflect on significant social, political, and environmental topics.
I have had the privilege of exhibiting my work in several European countries, as well as in Japan and the USA.
Chiyomi Longo
My paintings represent my desire to communicate a bridging of opposites -- my life experiences in my native Japan and my adoptive America, My approach to painting is a melding of methods, past and present. There is also a bridging between the rhythm of nature and the tempo of technology the inner spirit and outer form. In my works, I have built layers of a variety of materials, techniques and forms to reflect the divergence of our culture. For me the freely shaped forms suggest the freedom of nature. There is no preconceived pattern. The geometric patterns expose a skeletal structure, restating my desire to unite and equalize different influences.
Al Longo
Most of my works are my personal abstracted response to my natural surroundings, an expression of my interest in the microcosmic forms of nature. While my background is Italian, for many years I have been a student of Japanese arts and culture, and in my work, I have co-mingled these divergent cultures. My interest in architecture also plays a part in my practice. Most of my canvases are shaped; convex, multi-level or a combination of both. They are a reflection of both my visual and spiritual vision of the world.
