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We’re so excited to introduce you to Toronto abstract artist Lorette C. Luzajic. Lorette’s artistic style is urban expressionism and her main goal with her art is to “show people the beauty in the everyday mess of life, even in the pain, the magic of it all”. We absolutely love that and hope you enjoy getting to know Toronto abstract artist Lorette C. Luzajic as much as we did.
My most honest answer would be “everything.” I feel like an archeologist, of modern as well as ancient artifacts, digging, excavating, small shards and snippets. Each piece is a chaotic medley constructed from endless layers of eras, cultures, and from the past, present, and future.
I want to show people the beauty in the everyday mess of life, even in the pain, the magic of it all.
There is absolute freedom in creating and responding to abstract art. I am completely liberated.
Much of my work is semi abstract or partially abstract and not totally abstract. I also make a lot that is abstract only. I have always loved collage and started out making representational, surreal mixed media collage art and still do. I got really excited when I started to use collage elements for their texture, shape, colour, and juxtaposition properties, not just for their imagery or message. I began using asemic writing (decorative writing without “real” words), text with other language, and fonts or typography for their aesthetic properties. I love the abstract art I see everywhere- sidewalks, peeling billboards, fields of grass, even the light patterns when I close my eyes. I am totally free when I create abstract artworks. It is like a ritual, like participation in the great mystery, somehow even the detritus of life is exalted. I love being able to bring that beauty to light, into something concrete that others can see and enjoy.
Archeology. Poetry. Mystery.
I’m also a writer. Most of my writing is about art, including my poetry and short stories.
I called myself a writer from kindergarten forward, but thought about visual art in terms of being a hobby until after I graduated from journalism school. I was studying art history and reading about artists from childhood, as a passion, and made all kinds of stuff, beadwork, collages, illustrated poetry, for the joy of it. I took journalism in university with the intention of doing something practical with my gifts, but upon graduating realized I wasn’t capable of the stressful newsroom or being inundated with depressing stories. My life was in absolute chaos at that time and I was completely lost. I was making collage Tarot cards by chance as a project to learn about the archetypal imagery on the cards, and their symbolism, and got really hooked on collages through that. I started making more collages, adding paint and other media. I sold a couple pieces and foolishly thought, hey, how hard can this be? That was over twenty years ago.
You should be a good business person and an extrovert. I am neither, but I’m learning and learning!
Look at as much art as you can. Take a survey course in art history. Learn about art from other cultures. Go to every show that comes to town, even artists you don’t care for. Experiment.
My library of art books is my pride and joy and I learn and am inspired every day. The Taschen and Prestel books are great “dipping” books, and Sister Wendy books are all treasures. I love essays about paintings and artists, and especially treasure Michael Kimmelman, Camille Paglia, Octavio Paz, and Julian Barnes right now- and always, the crusty and astute Robert Hughes.
Travelling has been the most rewarding experience of my lifetime. And every trip I take is all about art. I love to experience a place fully, cuisine, landscape, music, people, all of it, but the most essential aspect is art. From arts markets to folk art to contemporary exhibitions to museum collections, art is everything. Even better, when I’m there to share and show my own work and work with other artists.
I feel like I’m just starting to scratch the surface of the deep dive in. I want to stretch the limits of collage, colour, and abstraction. I want to explore more work on paper. Abstract art is an amazing process to work in large format but there’s something so intimate about working small as well and it is hard to do small abstracts! I also want to simplify and streamline. My work can get very busy, and I want it to develop more space to breathe.
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