Artist Statement
Much of my childhood was spent belly-flat to the well-worn wooden-planked docks of Friday Harbor, WA. From this vantage point, I observed billowing seaweed, spiky urchins, darting shrimp, scuttling crabs, and nubby barnacles. My lips tasted of salt; my ears filled with the sounds of boat engines and pilings creaking; my nose inhaled scents of varnish and diesel gasoline. Decades later I am still in awe of these dynamic images, textures, shapes, and patterns; working them into the tapestry of my artwork.
These sense memories intertwine with my studies of Jungian psychology, dream interpretation, mythology, symbolism, folktales, and folklore. I studied printmaking, writing, and psychology at The New School, graduating in 2008. Jungian archetypes and the unconscious’ language of symbols are woven into my collagraph plates, linocuts, jewelry, and collages. I create my own personal myth through the symbols I carve from linoleum blocks or cut from mat board. I embellish the collagraph plates with carborundum powders, embossed papers, leaves, and flowers; creating stories through tones and textures.
Nature, imagination, and dreamworlds were places of escape for me as a child. My art represents a careful reconsideration of how chaos can be transformed through creative agency, an agency I lacked as a child but have since reclaimed. The layered details and symbolic meanings of my completed works represent my ongoing journey.
–Elizabeth Lorayne ©2024
Associations and Collectives
Elizabeth is proud to be in the printmaking and artist collective, Four Sparrows.
She is an Artist Member of the Marblehead Arts Association; a member of the Monotype Guild of New England, Newburyport Art Association, and EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.
Some Past Shows
November 29 - January 4, 2025: “Intimate Impressions: A Small Works Show” @ Thornhill Gallery in Portsmouth, NH
November 28 - January 12, 2025: Four Sparrows “First Flight” @ Governor’s Academy in Byfield, MA.
November 21 – December 21, 2024: Newburyport Art Association “Members' Holiday Show” in Newburyport, MA
November 9 – December 24, 2024: Marblehead Arts Association “2024 Winter Member Show” in Marblehead, MA
November 2 - January 15, 2025: “The Big Small Art Show '24” @ art + alchemy in Amesbury, MA
August 10 - September 22, 2024: A select show with the Marblehead Arts Association at their satellite gallery, Lynch-Van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead, MA.
July 26-28, 2024: Rolling River Printmakers “Notes From Our Sketchbook” @ New England SketchBook in Newburyport, MA
July 4-7, 2024: Marblehead Arts Festival in Marblehead, MA. *Labyrinth in Sea foam won an Honorable Mention.
June 22 - August 4, 2024: Marblehead Arts Association “Summer Member Show” in Marblehead, MA
June 2024 - Winter of 2025: Alter Hair Salon Solo Art Show in Newburyport, MA
June 8, 2024: Collagraph Demo and Rolling River Printmakers Exhibit @ Artist & Craftsman Supply in Saugus, MA
May 2024: Rolling River Printmakers “Hung Up On Impression” @ Newburyport Framers in Newburyport, MA
April 18 - May 31, 2024: "Earth, Wind, Fire" Annual EFA RBPMW Members Exhibition @Arts for Peace Gallery at the International Student Center NYC
March 23 – May 22, 2024: "abstracted" @ alchemy + art in Amesbury, MA
February 2024: Rolling River Printmakers exhibit @ Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, MA
January 2024: Rolling River Printmakers “Formed by Impression” @ art + alchemy in Amesbury, MA
