Artwork by Lorette Luzajic

                        ​​everything is crystal under our feet 2017 12x12

                        illustrated bargain catalogue 2017 12x12

                      ​lemonade with grape jelly 2017

                       ​library discard 2017 12x12

                       No Painting, No Whoopla 2017

                     appreciated 2017 12x12



Artist Statement:

Driven by the joy of juxtaposition, eclectic curiosity, and the compulsion to purge overwhelming emotions, I process and sort the world by diving into its dichotomy of then/now, addiction/peace, beautiful/ugly, meaningful/nihilist, secure/terrifying, real/surreal. 

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Bio: Lorette C. Luzajic is an artist and writer whose mixed media collage paintings have been exhibited extensively in her city, Toronto, Canada, as well as in Mexico, Tunisia, and the USA. She is a member of Workman Arts, an organization for artists in recovery from addiction and mental illness. She is the founding editor of The Ekphrastic Review, a journal devoted to poetry inspired by art. She is working on her fifth poetry collection and on a book of essays about Mexico City. Visit her at www.mixedupmedia.ca.

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