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The Queen of Hair is all about having fabulous hair. Many of us put a great deal of time, money and thought into our hair. We colour it, curl it, straighten it, cut it, style it, grow it and up-do it. Looking back over the decades at photos can be quite humorous with all crazy hair dos we have sported. This painting was done as a tribute to our glorious hair. And my fabulous hairdresser Michelene.

Lory has explored many approaches to art making throughout her lifetime of painting and creating crafts. Recently, she has combined her skills and experience as a painter and craft artist to develop an exciting new series of paintings. The collection consists of 300 images produced from a set of drawings depicting imaginary worlds, trees, landscapes, flora, fauna, and creatures. The completed original pieces in the collection range in size from 12”x16” to 48”x60”. THE PROCESS These paintings draw upon skills that include: painting, sewing, jewelry making, decorating, paper mache sculpting, doll making, and hand painting glassware. They begin as a sketchbook line drawing and then are stepped through a creative process that may...