Solo Exhibition opening at Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries
I am delighted to share details of my forthcoming solo exhibition at Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries: 'Recipe for a Miracle - New Botanical based Paintings by Kirsty Lorenz'27th August - 1st October 2022, open Tues to Sat 10am - 5pm Opening evening 6.30-8.30pm, Friday...
Featured in Homes and Interiors Scotland
So pleased to see my new painting 'Recipe for a Miracle' featured in a double page spread in the summer edition of Homes and Interiors Scotland. This work is part of a new body of work that represents a big creative development for me, in terms of colour, paint and...
VACMA Research Grant from Fife Contemporary
Many thanks to Fife Contemporary for the VACMA grant enabling me to undertake research to develop my work inspired by the healing properties of plants. My research led me to the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh Herbarium to look at preserved plants featured in two...
Open Studios 23rd and 24th October 2021
I am really excited to be opening my studio doors to visitors again ! Covid safety measures will be in place with a maximum of 3 visitors at a time, a one way system, masks required and handsanitiser.Open Studios 23rd and 24th October 2021Kirsty Lorenz - Artist...
The Phases of the Moon in Bindweed
I am excited to present this new body of work (along with my 'The Flowering Sun' series) with The Heriot Gallery in Edinburgh, from 3rd September to 2nd October 2021. These works are inspired by the Moon and the wild flower, Hedge Bindweed. The moon is the Earth's...
The Flowering Sun Series
I am excited to present this new body of work (along with the 'Phases of the Moon in Bindweed' series) with The Heriot Gallery in Edinburgh, from 3rd September to 2nd October 2021. ‘The Flowering Sun’ series of paintings are inspired by both the sun, and the ‘Cat’s...
The Holly and the Ivy
Votive Offering - Holly and the Ivy(for protection, love and endurance)Holly, showing life even in the depths of winter, is a protective plant. In classical times Holly protected houses either as a bough above a door or planted around the house, the spiny leaves...
Winter Exhibitions 2020
I'm very pleased to have artworks in a number of winter/christmas exhibitions, please click on the links for more information: Firstly, 'Bring in the light', Tatha Gallery, Fife, where they are showing my 'Poesis' painting series including the one below, 'Votive...
Short Film Open Studios 2020
Delighted to present this short film to accompany this years 'Virtual Open Studio', a very short introduction to my studio and my work. Huge thanks to my friend Lizzy Hobbs who put it together for me incredibly quickly, truly a miracle that she managed to turn my...
Artists in Conversation – Live Zoom Event
To view the LIVE ZOOM ‘Artists in Converstion’ that I had with fellow Fife artists Helen Glassford and Kirsty Whiten on 10th October please click HERE. Speaking from our respective Fife studios three established, contrasting artists - inspired by plants and flowers...
Virtual Open Studio 10th & 11th October 2020
This weekend 10th & 11th October 2020 I am having my first Virtual Open Studio which will include the following : FILM - Presenting a (very) short film introducing my studio and my work, which I will post here on my BLOG and on social media. SHOP - Offering a...
‘Diod Anfarwaldeb’ – A Recipe for Immortality
You will be able to see this painting and the preparatory sketches at my next Open Studios event on 8th, 9th and 10th May 2020. This recently completed painting is called 'Diod Anfarwaldeb - The Draught of Immortality’, inspired by an ancient herbalist recipe for long...