American Artist Lore Creates Amazing Contemporary Paintings

The contemporary painter Lore Eckelberry takes the word portrait to a new level.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 20, 2007 -- To view the contemporary portraits of Lore Eckelberry, one can visit www.artistlore.com in the 'portraits' section of the gallery.

Lore starts by getting an idea of the portrait subject by meetings with the person, looking at images of them throughout their life, by finding the history of the person through the closest friends and family to find out the character of the person, their likes and dislikes. Ultimately getting a summary of the life of that person.

Then Lore starts composing the image on the canvas which will start changing as it progresses, as the painting takes on a life of its own. Lore says: "At some point in the portrait painting I stop just putting what I think should go on the image and start responding to the image that is appearing on the canvas by letting the personality of the subject guide me in the elaboration of the painting. The end result comes out to be more from the person themselves and their soul rather than just my interpretation of it."

Something that is inherent to contemporary artist Lore is her ability to pick out a particular color for a particular person and have other people exclaim that the color really reflects the personality of the person.

Lore's portraits are original and impressive. As contrasted to Andy Warhol's work that used a silkscreen of a photograph or the photograph itself and added color with his superb quality as a colorist to create a painting, Lore does the whole portrait by hand utilizing her exceptional sense of color. The portraits as you see them are so remarkable and professional that they deserve the place of importance that is achieved in the eye of the viewer.

For more information about the artist Lore Eckelberry, visit her website at www.artistlore.com

About Lore Eckelberry:
Lore Eckelberry is a contemporary artist located in Los Angeles, California. Lore uses several media to express her viewpoint of life. Her work is featured in several private collections throughout Southern California, Florida, Germany, Hawaii, Canada, and Mexico.

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