Pipedreams
BARRY LORNE (Canada)
Pipedreams, 2025
acrylic on baltic birch panel
660 x 660 mm
$2,050
‘Head in the Clouds’ and ‘Pipedreams’ are both from my new ‘Daydreamer’ series created exclusively for the ‘Loaded’ exhibition at the Boyd-Dunlop Gallery in Napier, New Zealand. The inspiration behind the new Pop portraits is influenced by my love of traditional tribal iconography and symbolism associated with spiritual awakening and enlightenment.
The visual elements in my paintings are meant to be whimsical and are not intended to be critical of anyone's beliefs, lifestyle or traditions. I consider my paintings to be playful and reference meaning without being meaningful beyond the enjoyment of each image as a work of art.
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Barry Lorne Bio
Barry was born into a working-class family and raised in the government tenement housing projects of Northern England in the mill town of Lancaster.
At the age of twelve he immigrated to North America with his family and began an intense four-year apprenticeship program under a Hungarian Master painter and later completed his education with a B.F.A. from the University of Lethbridge.
As well as being an artist Barry has been an editor-in-chief of an arts magazine, educator and more recently a curator of a contemporary art space.
Barry lives and works in Calgary, Alberta Canada where he keeps a full time studio and shows his work in Australia, Canada and the U.S.
His work can be found in private and public collections around the world.
“My statement often changes with any new series of work but what remains consistent is that I consider myself to be an Emblematic painter and Pop Surrealist using symbols, icons and a bright color palette to create a visual language. My work is focused on the process of reductionism both in imagery and application letting the paintings imply a story but never fully resolve the narrative.”
Barry exhibits regularly internationally and has a wide collector base for his work
