Congratulations!
her Work "Surviving" and "Stay out of the forest" will be featured at Mills Pond gallery, St James, NY, as a part of the National juried GRoup Exhibition "IMAGINATION" coming up Oct 11-Nov 9th
Lorena Anderson is an Atlanta-based artist featured in the Mills Pond Gallery National Juried Exhibition, Imagination in 2025. She specializes in work that features natural subjects and the connection between artist and environment. Anderson received her BFA in Studio Art at Georgia State University in Atlanta, and her work was a part of the BFA Group Exhibition at Georgia State University in December 2023. She is currently working on a series of equine and nature photomontage paintings and a series of nature-inspired masks and self-portraits. In her paintings, Anderson aims to convey the healing power of nature
Paintings
My Story
I have always loved drawing since I was a child. I started painting more in high school when my teacher told me I was excellent. After surviving cancer twice, my priorities changed, and I went back to school and got my bachelor's degree in studio art last year. Going through cancer made me realize that using art for coping with stressors is a beautiful thing. I will never forget visiting the art center in the hospital where I was receiving my treatments and getting completely immersed in creating beads for a necklace. This experience gave me the idea of helping others in the same way. Now I am working on an art therapy certification. My paintings are about the healing relationship between us, nature, and animals.
I also have a background in photography and freelance graphic design, so I will be offering these services as well.
I will be starting up an art therapy class after I get certified.
I am open to doing commissions. Please get in touch with me via Instagram.
"Dance", Oil on canvas, 30 x 40, 2023
Details from "Untamed"
Details from 'Unseen"
"In the City", Oil on canvas, 40 x 30, 2023
"Hopeful", Oil on Canvas, 40 x 40, 2022
GroupShows
- 2025 Juried National Group Exhibition, Imagination, Mills Pond Gallery, St James, NY (Juried by David Reuss)
- 2025 Juried National Group Exhibition, Portrayed, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA (Curated and juried by Amanda Bradley and Mark E Miltz)
- 2024 Juried National Group Exhibition, Landscape: Serene and Savage, Modern Visual Arts Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
- 2024 Regional Group Exhibition, Fifth LaGrange Southeast Regional, Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange College, La Grange, GA
- 2023 BFA Exhibition, There Will Always Be A But, Welch School of Art &Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
- 2023 Fall Open Studio, Glitch, Welch School of Art &Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
- 2022 Group Exhibition, Colorbar, Welch School of Art &Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
- 2019 Group Exhibition, College Juried Exhibit, The Art Place,
- 2019 Group Exhibition, College Juried Exhibit, The Art Place,
- Marietta, GA (Curated by Marselle Harrison Miles)
Instagram: @LVA_Designs, www.lvadesigns.com