Artist Patricia Lortie
Title Nestled
Media ceramic, bees wax and wood
Size 12 x 12 in. / 30.5 x 30.5 cm.
Frame Size 12 x 12 x 1.75 in.
Estimate $200 - $400
Notes
signed and titled verso; framed; wire for hanging verso
Provenance
generously donated by the artist; proceeds will be donated to the Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre and Sculpture Park in Springbank, Alberta. KOAC is a contemporary art centre founded by artists Harry Kiyooka and Katie Ohe where visitors can visit an impressive collection of outdoor sculptures while enjoying the sanctuary of environment. For more information or to donate directly, visit koartscentre.org
Biographical Information
Patricia Lortie ~ [21st century] Canadian
see artist's website patricialortie.com;
Patricia Lortie [Oo'Ks'pain'aakii] is a Quebec-born, Calgary-based artist working across painting, sculpture, installation, and community art. Trained in industrial design and business in Montréal, she later studied fine arts at Alberta University of the Arts. Her immersive and contemplative environments explore physical, emotional, and ancestral relationships with the natural world. Her solo exhibitions include Liquid Abstract (2025), The Keepers (2021-2024), and Fluid State (2022). In 2027, she will present The Forest Said: The Water Knows Your Name at Medalta’s Yuill Family Gallery. She represented Alberta at the 2010 Vancouver Cultural Olympiad and co-founded DEVENIR, Alberta’s francophone visual arts collective.
Artist statement: The experience of the natural world reaches the core of my being. It opens up the connection to the mystic of being human and reminds me that I am part of an unexplainable and unbroken system.
Simple and profound earth bounding experiences shape my artistic endeavours. An afternoon laying on warm rocks while my father tries his hand at fly-fishing. The thick veil of cloud parting unexpectedly to reveal a glorious view of the surrounding summits. A quiet paddle on the surface of a mirror like lake. A slow float down the river chasing warm currents. All moments where existing in the world feel both simple and extraordinary.
In my artwork, I look for that feeling, chasing a profound connection with the world we live in. I attempt to revive the knowledge that we part of the natural system. Because I only feel completely satisfied when I embrace my minute yet profound place in the world.
My artwork, be it a painting, a sculpture, an installation or a community project, aims to restore awareness of our symbiotic relationship with nature. Each work provides an experience of feeling the unseen bounds that makes our existence possible; the unbreakable, undeniable bounds that we are all born into.