Lorna Hannett SFCA

Artist’s Statement

I have always had a fascination for the beauty of nature and its many moods and elements. Living in a rural setting, I am surrounded and inspired every day, in all seasons. I also love to study people, adults and children alike, and try to capture each individual’s expressive nature in the portraits I do. I feel privileged to be able to express my love of nature and people through my art work and hope in some small measure that it will bring a certain amount of pleasure to those who view it.

Biography

Primarily self taught, Lorna has taken numerous workshops to further her artistic abilities. She uses a variety of mediums including acrylics, watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and her favorite, scratchboard. After teaching herself to use this medium, Lorna has experimented and pushed boundaries with it.  In doing so, she has garnered recognition and won many awards both nationally and internationally and had her work featured in several magazines, including the International Artists Magazine.

Lorna is one of the Founders of and President of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists (ISSA) and is a Master Scratchboard Artist. (MSA) She is a senior Signature member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (SFCA) She has also been juried into, shown with and won a number of awards with FCA (Federation of Canadian Artists), ASA (Alberta Society of Artists) and the CIPA (Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists).  Most recently she was awarded Best in Show Gold, Master Category for her work entitled “Pears Reflected” at the 1st Annual ISSA exhibition in California.

Lorna  resides in the picturesque area of Burns Lake, British Columbia with her husband. She works in her home studio and also teaches students the fine art of scratching, both privately and at workshops.

AWARDS & Juried Shows

July 2012 

Best in Show Gold, Master Category,  ISSA Exhibition, ARThouse Gallery, Glen Ellen, California “Pears Reflected” Scratchboard

Dec 2010
Award of Excellence, Spilsbury Medal Show FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC “Elegance Shines”  Scratchboard.

Oct. 2010
Kelowna Galleries SFCA Award  Art Visions 2010 “A Big Thirst” Scratchboard

People’s Choice Award Art Vision’s 2010 “A Big Thirst” Scratchboard

Nov 2009
2nd Place Best of Show Small Painting Salon Exhibition FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC “Colored Pencils”  Scratchboard

Oct. 2009

Classic Gallery Framing Silver Award  Art Visions 2009 “Tea and Strawberries” Scratchboard

Dec. 2008

Award of Excellence: “Small, Smaller, Smallest” Exhibition, FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC

“Moonlight Swim” Scratchboard

April 2006

Juror’s Choice: Spring Thaw show, FCA Calgary, AB “Elephant” Scratchboard

Juror’s Choice: Spring Thaw show, FCA Calgary, AB “Otters” Scratchboard

Juror’s Choice: Spring Thaw show, FCA Calgary, AB “That Tickles” Scratchboard

Nov 2005

Juror’s Choice: Winter Frost show, FCA, Calgary, AB “Dreaming Big” Scratchboard

Juror’s Choice: Winter Frost show, FCA, Calgary, AB “Noma’s Rose” Scratchboard

Juror’s Choice: Winter Frost show, FCA, Calgary, AB “Time For Brandy” Scratchboard

Oct 2005

Juror’s Choice: At the Edge show, FCA, Calgary, AB “Minnewanka 1” Acrylic

Juror’s Choice: At the Edge show, FCA, Calgary, AB “The Poppy Patch” Acrylic

May 2005

Juried: “Art Fusion show, FCA Gainsbororgh Galleries Calgary, AB. “Lemur” Scratchboard

Jan 2005

Honorable Mention in the North Light Book Club 12^th Annual Cover Competition

“Melancholy” Scratchboard

Dec 2004

Finalist in the Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition “Zebra” Scratchboard

Nov. 2004

Juried: Colors From the Light show, Calgary, AB.

Juried: FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC, “All Creatures Great & Small” show- “Contemplation” Scratchboard

Oct. 2004

CIPA Award for Great Distinction, Master’s Gallery, CIPA National Show- “Joseph” Scratchboard

Jon Williams Award for Best Pastel or Graphic Medium Portrait- “Jazz” Scratchboard

July 2004

Juried into the Calgary Stampede Western Art Auction -“The Horseman” Scratchboard

April 2004

1^st Place Best of Show, FCA Calgary Chapter Exhibition “Art at the Edge” –

“Jazz” Scratchboard Juror’s Choice, FCA Calgary

Chapter Exhibition “Art at the Edge” – “Grandma’s Boots” Scratchboard

Juror’s Choice, FCA Calgary Chapter Exhibition “Art at the Edge” –“Rose Drop” Scratchboard

Alan Wylie Award, FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC “Black & White” Exhibition – “Zebra” Scratchboard

Juried – FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC “Black & White” Exhibition –“A Drink of Water”

Scratchboard

March 2004

1^st Place North Light Book Club, 11^th Annual Cover

Competition – “Joseph” Scratchboard

Dec. 2003

2^nd Place Best of Show, FCA Calgary Chapter Exhibition “Winter Frost” –

“Joseph” Scratchboard

Juror’s Choice, FCA Calgary Chapter Exhibition “Winter Frost”- “Glory” Great Egret

April 2003

Juried – FCA Gallery, Vancouver, “Black & White” Exhibition – “Portrait of an Eagle”

Scratchboard

Feb 2003

Honorable Mention FCA Calgary Chapter Exhibition “Winter Thaw” – “Sunny” Scratchboard

Dec 2002

Juror’s Choice, FCA Calgary Chapter Exhibition “Winter Frost”- “Dew Drops” Watercolor

May 2002

Juror’s Choice, FCA Calgary Chapter Exhibition “Art at the Edge” – “A Point of View” Acrylic

PUBLICATIONS

July/Aug 2007 

Canadian Brushstrokes Magazine  Feature Article

 http://www.brushstrokemagazine.com/issues/2007/lores/2007_07_lr.pdf

Spring 2005 

Galleries West Magazine  “Joseph”

Feb/March 2004 issue #41

 International Artists Magazine feature article, “Scratching the Surface” A demo of Maryann’s Rose

July/August 2004 – ArtAvenues Cover “Zebra”

May 2004

– issue of Northern Horse Review, “The Horseman” used in advertisement for the Calgary Stampede Western Art Show and Auction.

March/April 2004 – Article- A Painting in the Life of Lorna Hannett –“Scratching the Surface:

Creating a Scratch Art Portrait”

March 2004 –North Light Book

Club Cover – “Joseph” Scratchboard

Article Wet Canvas.com “Joseph a WIP Scratch Portrait.