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Lori Gordon is a mixed media artist and writer on the arts who grew up in the Northern Plains. She began moving west and south as a teen, spending years in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the high desert of Arizona. Along the way, she picked up a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in religious studies, all the while pursuing her love of art. Largely self taught, Gordon works in many medias including graphite, acrylic, handmade paper, fabric and polymer clay. Her work may be found in galleries along the Gulf Coast, in museums in South Dakota, and in public and private collections around the country. Recently, one of her pieces was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for inclusion into their permanent collection. In 2003 Gordon began capturing the local landscapes of her beloved Mississippi Gulf Coast in acrylic, and continued that work until Hurricane Katrina upended her life on August 29, 2005. With her home, studio and all of her supplies washed away by the 35 foot storm surge and 150 mile per hour winds which obliterated her community, Gordon returned to work using the only materials which were available to her. Five weeks after the event, Gordon began collecting rubble and transforming it into works of art. “The Katrina Collection” is the name she has given to this new series of mixed media collages and assemblages. The series first garnered national attention when MSNBC.COM featured the work in their series “Rising From Ruin.” National Public Radio featured The Katrina Collection on their program "All Things Considered", and her work was also covered by the Associated Press. Since then, Gordon has exhibited The Katrina Collection in venues around the nation. To see more of Gordon's work, please click on the links located on the upper right section of this page. To watch a 20-minute film on Gordon and her work, scroll down. _

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Lori K. Gordon's

Lori K. Gordon's collages d'art are created from handpainted, handmade and found papers. These papers are joined with various images, polymer clay, or found objects. The resulting collages are unique, handmade jewels of original and affordable art. These collages are most often quite small, starting at about 5" x 6". They come to you mounted on art board or foamcore for stability. They may be exhibited as is, or removed from their backing and mounted on larger boards for framing. At this time, there are several series of collages which are available. Please scroll down to see examples from each of these series: The Icon Series features relief images in polymer clay that are formed from molds made from old brass icons, dated from the 16th to 19th centuries. I have a collection of these breathtaking icons, and the relief images created from them are really incredible. The Angels of the Storm Series features giclee images of some of my original paintings. These paintings were modeled after old portraits of saints, and are two dimensional. I began this series as a way to try and thank the many volunteers who came to the coast in the relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. The Fleur de Lis Series celebrates our friendship with the city of New Orleans. These fleur de lis are done in polymer clay, and rise up off of the surface of the paper, as do the icon pieces. The Tarot Series is another two dimensional series which features images from Tarot cards. I use several different sources of cards, including the Visconti-Sforza Tarot, dating from the 15th century. I also have many collages which do not fit into these categories. I try and price them all by size, with a few exceptions now and then. My pricing list follows- please understand that all sizes are approximate, as each piece is unique. 5" x 7" and under: $20 8" x 10" to 5" x 7": $30 Larger than 8" x 10": starting at $40 If you need me to ship pieces to you, the packaging, shipping and handling fee is $5 for the pieces which are 8" x 10" and under. One last word-chances are pretty good that the examples which you see here have been sold-these pieces are moving very quickly. To insure that you get the piece you want, specify which series you are interested in, the size you want, and the predominant color (or colors) you prefer and I will create one just for you. Please feel free to email me at lorikgordon@gmail.com, or call 228.466.9253 and leave a message. If you are in the area, you may also visit my gallery space at 220 Main Street in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

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Wow!

Lori Gordon is a mixed media artist and writer on the arts who grew up in the Northern Plains. She began moving west and south as a teen, spending years in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the high desert of Arizona. Along the way, she picked up a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in religious studies, all the while pursuing her love of art. Largely self taught, Gordon works in many medias including graphite, acrylic, handmade paper, fabric and polymer clay. Her work may be found in galleries along the Gulf Coast, in museums in South Dakota, and in public and private collections around the country. Recently, one of her pieces was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for inclusion into their permanent collection. In 2003 Gordon began capturing the local landscapes of her beloved Mississippi Gulf Coast in acrylic, and continued that work until Hurricane Katrina upended her life on August 29, 2005. With her home, studio and all of her supplies washed away by the 35 foot storm surge and 150 mile per hour winds which obliterated her community, Gordon returned to work using the only materials which were available to her. Five weeks after the event, Gordon began collecting rubble and transforming it into works of art. “The Katrina Collection” is the name she has given to this new series of mixed media collages and assemblages. The series first garnered national attention when MSNBC.COM featured the work in their series “Rising From Ruin.” National Public Radio featured The Katrina Collection on their program "All Things Considered", and her work was also covered by the Associated Press. Since then, Gordon has exhibited The Katrina Collection in venues around the nation. To see more of Gordon's work, please click on the links located on the upper right section of this page. To watch a 20-minute film on Gordon and her work, scroll down.

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Worthy words: wow!

When my sister and I were younger, we used to argue about who’d find the smartest-looking word to use in any random conversation. At school we had to take spelling bees and vocab’ lessons and later in high school came the time of “SAT words”: arduous whimsical words. When I started blogging roughly a year ago, I thought I’d go the extra mile and try using some of those words I had learned: wallow, or perhaps snickersnee. I noticed that it got to be quite a lot of fun. Words are not inert - au contraire - they are quite alive. They evolve with our culture, change meaning, reach new heights, describe everything in this world - from objects you can buy on Ebay ( a new word aka neologism) to feelings. And a word isn’t just what it seems to be: it’s also a patchwork. Take neologism for instance. It’s derived from the French néologisme which in turn can be broken down into a prefix, a root, and a suffix: néo - log - isme. Isme is what makes the word substantive (being a noun). The prefix, néo, affects the meaning of the root: néo means new (as you can note, it’s not all that far-fetched) and lastly the root «log» means thought in Greek. New thought or new word… Quite often, each word comes with a fascinating history: what the old and dusty folks at university call etymology. A word nearly always has an explanation as to why it is the way it is. Passing from a language to another made it evolve until its present day shape. _

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Practicing in weather

The last few days we have had bad weather. It’s been highs of 60’s with rain. There were no great nights reading in the gazebo until midnight. No gardening. On our walks we needed jackets. We lost power the other night with no explanation. I practiced my brains out. I passed a test. Tomorrow. Tomorrow through Sunday we will have highs of 78 during the day, and lows of 60 at night. My kind of weather. Perfect days, great sleeping weather. Bob is off tomorrow. This is the 4th of July weekend, which I will write about in another post. It is going to be so hard to practice with all the temptations around. I commit to practicing three hours tomorrow, two on Saturday because of the family do, and five hours on Sunday to make up for it. Sob! Back down go the blinds in my “classroom.” “Either do or don’t do, there is no try.” _

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