• Lorena Krause graduated from Visual Arts at the University UFV, BC in 2010
• Dean’s list and the “Outstanding Achievement Award” recipient from UFV 2010
• Has had 3 solo exhibits and participated in several group exhibitions and projects.

Her work has been published and reviewed in magazines, posters, and newspapers in Canada and internationally.

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Meticulous, detailed and fastidious; this extensive series of chronological stain paintings by Lorena Krause is both a testament to her diverse artistic practice as it is to her passion for life and personal experiences. Almost everyone can relate to loosing someone close to them in life, and then also related to the process of dealing with and healing from such a loss. Some artists choose to paint a portrait in memory of that person, Krause chose to challenge herself artistically and dive into a new area of study she was completely unfamiliar with.

Interestingly, her choice of materials could be connected to her vulnerability in this process. The paper and watercolour are easily susceptible to damage and alterations. Depending on the use and the condition, glass is both a strong and fragile material. Presenting the works without the protection of frames poses a risk to the artwork. This also contributes to the sensitivity behind the production of the series of paintings.

The small scale paintings have become a visual diary, a documentation of emotions of which only Krause can recall. Both,curative and methodical.

At first glance, the images are non-representational, iridescent, and transitional by use of similar colours, lines, and shapes, as it evolves from one day to the next. In Colour Field painting, colour is freed from objective context and becomes the subject in itself(1).  There is simply beautify in the application of colour on paper through form and process. However, there are objects and familiar forms in many of the paintings that cannot be denied, such as flora and landscapes, patterns and mazes, cells and organisms. Krause has not represented the world as we see it, but perhaps she has unconsciously represented her world at the time …, that is, she has represented life and death, growth and re-birth, at a very basic level of the human psyche. From a simple study of colour and form to an exploration of the human condition, Krause has delved deeply and created a complex, quantitative, and unified body of work.

by Kelly Macintosh

Endnotes:

1. “Themes in American Art: Abstraction.” National Gallery of Art. Web 09 May 2012 http://nga.gov/education/american/abstract.shtm, Accessed January 8. 2013.

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