Lori Latham

I am an intuitive abstract painter living in Portland, Oregon, creating paintings that feel vibrant yet peaceful. My abstract landscapes and Colorsplash paintings invite you to wander, and offer a peaceful place to escape for a while.

Moving between these two bodies of work allows each to influence the other.

My landscapes are imaginary places shaped by my experience of nature in the Pacific Northwest. They give you just enough information to suggest a landscape, while leaving plenty of room for your imagination.

My Colorsplash paintings are pure abstracts where color, texture, and movement take over. Without the suggestion of a landscape, they offer a different kind of place for your eye and imagination to wander.

I work with acrylic paint, building layers of color and texture using unusual tools and a variety of paint viscosities. Paint is poured, splashed, sprayed, and scraped across the surface. I follow what happens, responding to the unexpected along the way.

Those happy accidents are often where the magic lives.
More than anything, I want my paintings to offer a place to pause, wander, and perhaps take a deeper breath.

BA from SUNY Potsdam, New York

Selected Shows and Exhibitions

2024 Lakewood Center for the Arts, ‘Art Decked Out’
, Lake Oswego, OR2023 Blackfish Gallery, '‘Essence of Oregon - a year in review’
, Portland, OR2023 Art Elements Gallery, ‘Color in Motion’, Newberg, OR
2022 Blackfish Gallery, ‘New Member Show’, Portland, OR
2022 Street of Dreams Showcase Home, Newberg, OR
2020 Art Elements Gallery, ‘Mystique’, Newberg, OR
2020 Portland Open Studios, Portland, OR
2017 Art Elements Gallery, ‘Mindscapes’, Newberg, OR
2017 - 2009 Sitka Center'Annual Invitational', World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2014 Art Elements Gallery, ‘Acrylic Dreamscapes’, Newberg, OR
2014 Artist Repertory Theatre, ‘Somewhere in Time’, Portland, OR
2014 Lakewood Center for the Arts, ‘Featured Artist’,
 Lake Oswego, OR
2011 Art Elements Gallery, ‘Illuminations’, Newberg, OR
2008 Lake Oswego Chronicle 'Invitational', Lake Oswego, OR
2008 Art-etc Sales & Leasing Gallery, ‘Featured Artist’, Portland, OR
2007 Columbia Center for the Arts, ‘Two Views on Landscapes’, Hood River, OR
2007 - 2004:  Moreland Frameworks and Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Oswego Lake Gallery, 'Solo Exhibition', Lake Oswego, OR
2005 White Sturgeon Gallery, ‘Horizons’, Vancouver, WA
2005 Moreland Frameworks...