Sparrow Rising Melissa Hartley on Wood Panel

on Wood Panel

frequently in a narrative style

for him to gravitate back towards painting

living just beneath the skin

absorbing literature and culture voraciously

Sparrow Rising Melissa Hartley on Wood PanelDetails About Oil on panel 24 x 24 in. 2020 26 x 26 in. (f) Lori Nelson is a Brooklyn and Catskills based painter whose narrative work incorporates aspects of traditional portraiture, Magic Realism, and vintage story book illustration. In her ongoing "Cryptotween" series she explores the vulnerability and essence of what it means to be young and monstrous. Nature and technology also play prominently in her paintings as do the homey aspects of her