Dec 17, 2022 | Blog, Exhibitions, Magic and Medicine, Plants
It’s always so fantastic to get the chance to see ones work in the beautiful galleries at The Royal Scottish Academy on The Mound, Edinburgh, so it was wonderful to have my painting ‘Remedy for a Heavy Heart’ included in The Society of Scottish...
Dec 3, 2022 | Blog, Exhibitions, Magic and Medicine
Pleased to be exhibiting for the first time with The Russell Gallery in London who are including my two large paintings inspired by an old anti-wrinkle recipe in their Christmas Exhibition. The old beauty potion included Waterlily, Cammomile, Marigold, Horsetail,...
Aug 16, 2022 | Blog, Exhibitions, Magic and Medicine, Plants
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...
Jul 16, 2022 | Blog, Exhibitions, Magic and Medicine, Plants, Press
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,...
Oct 16, 2021 | Awards, Blog, In progress, Magic and Medicine, Plants
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...
Mar 3, 2020 | Blog, In progress, Magic and Medicine, Plants
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...