"I have always esteemed the artist as storyteller. Feeling that it was their mission to dissect and illustrate emotions and events, I believe that it is the artist who imparts narrative and incites the imagination. I employ my craft as a cathartic illumination on personal childhood trauma, mental illness and political anxiety.
With an intermingling of traditional and contemporary art genres, I fabricate realms from personal experiences and the societal climate. Using foam and wood, integrated with a drawn or painted work, each composite intermingles 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional realities. The synthesis results in an intricately detailed installation that reads like a cinematic scene. Provocatively diorama-like, each scene is enhanced by lighting, sound, fragrance and tactility. Exploring architecture, interior design and construction through these sculptures weaves each installation into the fabric of my home studio – now too large to be moved from my studio and dusted regularly."
Originally from the North Shore of Long Island in New York, Lorrie Anne Minicozzi transplanted to Denver, Colorado for ten years before settling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Minicozzi has been a professional commissioned portrait artist for over thirty years and recently transitioned to mixed medium installation.
Lorrie Anne Minicozzi can be followed on:
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LinkedIn at Lorrie Anne (Gariboldi) Minicozzi Facebook at Lorrie Anne Gariboldi-Minicozzi. To view her online gallery, please visit www.climbingthewalls.net. For more information contact the artist at Lorrie_Minicozzi@yahoo.com.
