Lorraine La Pointe

Lorraine La Pointe, Storm Story, Oil on Canvas, 36X36

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Kobalt Gallery in Lorraine La Pointe

Lorraine
La Pointe

Ephemeral effects perceived in nature, brought on by a confluence of light, humidity and time of day or season are evoked in a series of landscapes that call to mind a range of remembered sensations in the viewer - a storm rips across a marsh, a humid day turns to thunder. Like haze that surrounds distant memories of childhood’s summers, La Pointe’s paintings, with saturated color, speak to our inevitably emotional response to natural phenomena. Real places and actual moments serve as touchstones for these works that share a fascination with the often indefinite and mutable effects of sea, sky and marsh.

Lorraine comments on her approach to painting: “I am captivated by the fleeting effects of the atmosphere on nature. I try to reveal a fragile instant of either quiet equilibrium or violent tension between earth and sky. I am inspired more by the emotion that the landscape evokes than by the specifics of the site. My compositions are usually simple, with an emphasis on mood and temperature, the land simply serving as a stage on which Mother Nature may give a dramatic performance.

La Pointe studied art and architecture at Parsons School of Design and the New School where she received her degree. Her paintings have been exhibited throughout New England including the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and the Cape Cod Museum of Art where her work is in the permanent collection. Lorraine makes her home in Wellfleet, MA.