Loretta Iris is a Canadian born artist, in a place where going out to play meant exploring in her backyard, which overlooked the Assiniboine River. Nature provided the toys of her childhood, and she grew a lifelong connection to the origins of the land.
Today Loretta works mainly in sculpture, drawing, and painting. Her post-secondary training at the University of Saskatchewan fine-tuned her skills and broadened her experiences. Loretta’s work often addresses interpersonal relationships and social or cultural issues, with a core elemental component of creating resolution. Whether in discord or happiness, Loretta attempts to create work that expresses the silent space in between things and people that is not necessarily visible. The experience of creating art for Loretta is a process of recreating the joy and curiosity of communion with nature that she had in her big backyard – a safe and sustaining place for inspiration and expression.
Drawings
from the book Fruits of Faith
9” x 12”
watercolor, pastel, on paper
from the Series 9
(micro study of tree seeds)
12” x 12”
pastel on bent birch veneer
“Orange Revolution”
22” x 30”
watercolor, acrylic, tea on paper
“Domestic Trilogy” (study of influence on domesticity)
22” x 30” (each)
pencil, charcoal on paper
Series of Drawings in Progress
(study of paper and value)
(exploration of presence, transition, perspective and impermanence)
Life Drawing Study
(exploration of pattern within pattern)
Not For Sale-Collection of the Artist
2014 Ness Creek Music Festival Study and Selected Submissions
various sizes
watercolor on paper
Loretta Iris 