Painting & Pet Portraiture

  • Lori Cusick
  • Van Gogh Trees 11″h x 14″w, Oil on Linen Panel
  • Bluebonnet Closeup 6″h x 6″w, Oil on Linen Canvas
  • Stanley Cummings Oil on Linen Canvas, 12″h x 12″w
  • Rose
  • Bradford Pear with Two Huts, 6″h x 6″w, Oil on Linen Canvas
  • Bob Flowers. Oil on Linen Panel; 8″ h x 10″ w
  • Streets of Market Harbourough. 14″h x11″w, Oil on Linen Panel
  • Ancient Rolling Hills. 8″h x10″w, Oil on Linen Panel
  • Kelham Hall.14″h x11″w, Oil on Linen Panel
  • Three Violet Turners. 6″h x6″w x 1.5″ deep, Oil on Linen Canvas
  • The Cove. 36″h x 36″w, Oil on Linen Canvas

Lori Cusick

For Lori Cusick, art is a sensory experience. As often as possible, she paints en plein air, meaning she conceives and creates her oil paintings outdoors, on location. Nature provides her with an endless source of inspiration.

“For me, art is looking at the world or an object or an animal and experiencing all the wonders of color within it,” Cusick said. “When you work in plein air, you see colors differently. It forces you to paint more freely, to respond to changing light patterns, feel the wind blowing, hear the birds singing, completely immerse yourself in the environment. Everything going on around you ends up on that canvas.”

The one thing that brings her inside her home studio is her pet portraits, which she creates after an in-person, one-on-one “meeting” with the subject. By getting to know these amazing creatures in their home environment, Cusick can better capture their unique spirits on canvas.

“When I paint a dog or a horse or a tree, I’m not painting them in meticulous, photographic detail. I paint how my mind sees their personalities,” Cusick said.

Cusick resides in Dallas, Texas; a long way from the mountains of New York, where she was born and raised.

6. Cusick Studio
3730 Northview Lane
Lori Cusick
Painting & Pet Portraiture
469-363-8539
lori@loricusick.com
loricusick.com
@loricusick

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