Bio: "Lori Lejeune is an artist in Atlanta who explores the intersection of art and technology in her print and web-based work. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the US and is included in corporate, private and museum collections. Collectors include: the Charter Management Company, Coronado Press, the Museum of South Texas, Mexic-Arte Museum, and the University of Texas Benson/Romo Collection, among others."

More about Artwork and Artist: Although I work with several types of digital media, I favor the use of 3-d software for my wall-hanging artwork. The process is time-intensive and is like a combination of sculpting and photography. My imagery is whimsical and unconventional, playful and serious. Chess references appear frequently in my work and although I'm not a chess player, I'm inspired by the metaphorical quality of the game for expressing life's inevitable choices and dilemmas, victories and defeats. I believe the development of digital work as a fine art medium is exciting and exploring various types of digital media continues to be very meaningful to me. The present day is an exciting time for digital art, similar to the time when photography was new and was not yet well understood as a fine art medium.

Some additional facts about me are: a) a palmist told me that I have a creative gift sign in my palm; it is a star of 3 intersecting lines in my left palm right below my third finger and b) the first cash I received for my artwork was in fourth grade when I won $20 for a poster that I drew for a parish-wide contest. More >

Your purchase helps me continue making artwork and your support is appreciated.

NEWS

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• December 2010 : Mark your calendars for the Little Things Mean a Lot show and sale at the fabulous Swan Coach House Gallery in Atlanta.


• Artwork featured in group exhibit at Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, August 20 - December 2010.


• July: NEW Chess artworks added; 2 NEW lamppost images; also NEW mixed media pieces! One of my goals is to have a book of artwork published and while I'm still creating a few pieces from my other series to keep it interesting, I'm mainly focussing on chess pieces for the book.


• Once in a Dark Blue Moon: A Visual Anagram is included in Macworld's Digital Art Gallery, San Francisco in February.


• I would like to honor the memory of my dear collector, George Kremenesky of Missouri, who recently passed away. He was a retired school teacher with a beautiful speaking voice who was always appreciative and supportive of my artwork and collected several of my pieces. Also my friend Joe Hardegree, formerly Director of the Pacific Art League in California before retirement. Joe was a positive force, another one of the good guys in life; and he helped and encouraged me to pursue my digital artwork. They will be missed.

• Dec. 1 - 23 at Digital Arts Studio. If you will be in the Atlanta area in December, please visit Digital Arts Studio and vote for my artwork in the Digital Imaging Competition -- Your support is appreciated!


Rob with the frame he made for the Narnian Narrative print he
and his wife Debbie purchased; the frame mirrors the shape of
the wardrobe in the print... love this!


• Sept. 18, 19, 20: Select artwork at The Art House, 1574 Cave Road, Atlanta, each day: 12-6 pm
  www.TheArtHouseAtlanta.com


• Happy New Year! Have a look at some of my recent Chess Scapes and Body Language series in Moonshine online journal of the arts. "Throughout history artists have used the tools..." read more of this article ...
  
  

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• Come by the holiday show and sale at the fabulous Swan Coach House Gallery in Atlanta, November 19-January 10, 2009. Note 12/31/08: Sold out -- all my work in the exhibit sold but if you wanted one of mine you saw there, email me -- thanks to everyone!
  


• Notecards of my work are currently available at the Austin Museum of Art through the Serie Project in Texas.


• Artwork included in High Museum Arts Day, Atlanta on Monday November 17, 2008. This popular event includes lunch and lots of artwork. Tickets are $150 and must be purchased by November 10. Email me for details.
  


• Group exhibit at Manuel's Micro Gallery in conjunction with Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX August 18 - September 16.
  


• If you are looking for my first Summer sale event, please email me. This invitation only event runs June 6 - June 20.

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• Work is at Kool Korner Gallery, 341-A 14th St, Atlanta November 11-25th, 2007.


• A selection of nine different prints are available through the Seen Gallery in Decatur thru August 2007.


• Selections from the 'Body Language' figure series are on view at the Seen Gallery in Decatur thru May 2007.

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• Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia Pin-Up Show. Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006


• Work on view at boswell Gallery, metro Atlanta. Exhibitions run July 4 - August 30, 2006.


• boswell Gallery in metro Atlanta includes my work in the art exhibition which runs December 1 - January 17 with an opening reception: Thursday, December 1, 6 - 9 pm.

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• Print of 'The Watcher' is purchased for the permanent collections of The University of Texas Benson/Romo Collection and the Mexic-Arte Museum, 2005
  
  
  

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Me and my mac -- my simple work setup

More Facts:

I'm exploring technology from a fine art perspective and I feel lucky to be an artist working with digital media.

Sometimes people who've seen some of my early realistic work in traditional media have asked me why I switched to digital media. And the short answer is that it felt right.

In part, it was very attractive and exciting to be able to work with something new, something that's largely unexplored territory in the art world. And in part, it better suits my work style, which as you can see from the photo above is fairly simple. To me, it feels less complicated to work with the computer and I was drawn to that feeling. However, creating digital work is not a fast process.

Many people have the idea that it is faster to create digitally but actually the pieces take a long time to complete, usually about a month for each one.

What's next on the horizon? One of my goals is to have a book of artwork published and for a while I'll mostly be concentrating on chess pieces for the book.