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Lorna
Dillon
Art was always my focus and I wanted to go to art school
after high school, however, God had other plans. So after an 18-year
delay, in 1975 I started painting again while living in Davis, Ca.
I entered some local shows and exhibits and was met with modest success.
After a few years I decided to try to make a living with my art. More »
Original Paintings
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Sundown
in the Sierras
by Lorna Dillon
30" x 40"
Oil
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Sierra
Cattle Check
by Lorna Dillon
8" x 16"
Oil
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Warming
Up
by Lorna Dillon
9" x 12"
Oil
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Making
Camp
by Lorna Dillon
20" x 16"
Oil on linen
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Breakaway
by Lorna Dillon
24" x 30"
Oil on linen
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Limited Edition Giclées
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Spring
Runoff
by Lorna Dillon
12" x 9"
Edition of 100 s/n
Giclée on canvas
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Up
a Creek
by Lorna Dillon
16" x 20"
Edition of 100 s/n
Giclée on canvas
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Painting local landscapes in rural northern California provided rich
fodder for my childhood dream of living the ranch life. I began adding
cattle to my paintings and started showing at livestock shows. . . out
in the dirt between the squeeze chutes and the Loomix guy. That was great
training and I met some great people. Soon I began painting more cattle,
horses and, of course, cowboys. About 9 years ago, I began learning more
about the vaqueros of old and their influence that exists today in the
style of riding, bridling and training horses. That style is reflected
in my work today.
The Cattlemen’s Conventions and various livestock-oriented trade
shows were prime venues for displaying my work - I could always count
on learning more about the industry I’d come to love. Also, the
art festival and fairs circuit proved invaluable to learning to produce.
Those were difficult shows with rain and wind hazards before the era
of the new canopies. By 1985, I began to enter some of the better western
art shows in the west: The Ellensburg Western Art Show, C. M. Russell
Show, The Phippen Western Art Show and then received invitations to exhibit
in such shows as the Saddleback Art Show, the Ceres Western Art Show,
the San Luis Obispo Cattlemen’s Art Show, Peppertree Ranch Art
Show, and the Mountain Oyster Show.
Finally, 2004 will be a landmark year. It is the first year I’ll
be included in the Prix de West Show Invitational at the National Cowboy & Western
Heritage Museum, the first Phippen Museum Miniature Masterpieces show,
as well as the Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction in Colorado.
This career has been a wonderful and exciting journey with many unexpected
twists and turns. The people I’ve met and friends I’ve made
along the way have enriched my life beyond my wildest expectations.
P.
S. I’ve been invited to return to the Prix de West Show in 2005
- and am thrilled about that!
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