Hello there it's Antrice and welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter

podcast. This episode is sponsored by Trachell Art Supplies and Trachell is offering savvy painter

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Hesperia factory. I am so honored to share a conversation this week with the

artist Lonnie Erwin. Lonnie is a painter originally from Maryland.

She earned her BA and MFA degrees from American University in Washington, D.C.

Lonnie and her husband, the painter Alan Feltis, have been living in painting in a sissy

Italy since 1987.

Lonnie's paintings are a dense orchestration of manne's puppets, Toys, and Human Figures, usually Women.

She shares the early Renaissance artist's fascination with geometry and spatial relationships.

Lonnie often uses bold patterns, another characteristic of Renaissance art in the clothing of her figures and in the background.

In this episode, we talk about the profound effect a visit to Assisti in the early 70s had on Lonnie's paintings.

She believes that art is a way to express the richness of what's inside of us.

She talks about her process and the serenity of allowing a painting to evolve and speak to her as she creates it.

Lani has had one women shows at the Catharina Rich Perlow Gallery in New York City,

the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, Colorado, and Gallery Kay in Washington, D.C.

She's taken part in group shows in Milan, Verona, London, Washington, D.C. and New York City.

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