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Artist Bio Ora Sorensen Sorensen describes her work as “exaggerated realism”, where the colors, scale, contrast and lighting are pushed just beyond reality. Her popular still lifes evoke the beauty of nature, and then heighten it with vibrant colors, brilliant light and dancing shadows. Their sensuality draws you in, making the viewer want to breathe in the sweet aroma of the luminous flowers or bite into a luscious pear. Ora’s laborious method of oil painting uses many layers of thin transparent oil paint to give a deep jewel like glow to the surfaces of the painting’s subject matter. Sorensen was born in New York but grew up overseas in such countries as Libya, Turkey, Iran, Holland and Thailand. Throughout her travels, Ora spent a lot of time drawing and painting as a child, taking workshops from artists all over the world. Her paintings have been shown in many exhibitions over the past decade in galleries, as well as The Ritter Museum at Florida Atlantic University and The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art. Ora’s latest projects include a commission for the Cleveland Clinic in Naples, Florida as well as five commissioned paintings for the lobby of the new Intercontinental Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. In July/August 2006, Ora was a featured artist in The Artist’s Magazine, which released an article written by Sorensen, along with multiple images of her vibrant paintings. Sorensen has recently joined the Board of Directors on The Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, located in Delray Beach Florida. She has also served as a juror for the All Florida Exhibit, and for the women in Visual Arts. | |||||
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