Meet The Artist
Lorna Siviter
I am a freelance Illustrator and Printmaker living and working in Somerset. My work is generally inspired by the design and advertising from the fifties and sixties – particularly the film titles of Saul Bass and the Graphic Design of Paul Rand. I chiefly work with Photoshop, as it allows me to manipulate my own drawings with colour, text and pattern. I also work predominantly in silkscreen, a print method I specialised in, during my MA course. I draw great inspiration from popular culture and observations from everyday life, adding my own contemporary but often very witty twists. My love of colour is evident in my images – “colour can often change our moods, so I choose to use vibrant and vivacious colours to represent optimism”.
My work has featured in many magazines including Top Gear, Elle Decoration, Prima, Spirit and Destiny and Redbook in the United States. I have also designed for the contemporary greeting card publishers Artists Cards, Soul Trader and Impress Publishing.
The work featured on this website, is a representation of my illustrative style with the use of witty phrases, and produced on a ceramic tile. The print process was introduced to me at UWE during my MA course. Firstly I produce my images digitally and then they are printed onto ceramic transfer paper. Next the image is applied to the tile, which is then fired as a normal ceramic object would be. I have found this surface to be a wonderful alternative to paper: it is strong, enhances colour and is incredibly flat! Two of my designs were exhibited at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2004-2008 University of The West of England, Bristol
MA Multi Disciplinary Printmaking - Distinction
1994-1997 University of The West of England, Bristol
BA (Hons) Illustration - First Class
1992-1993 Bridgwater College
Access Art & Design
1989-1991 Somerset College of Art & Technology, Taunton
BTEC National Diploma in General Art and Design
SELECTED GROUP/SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Somerset Art Weeks (Artists Open Studio)
7th Open Print Exhibition, RWA, Bristol
Annual Summer Open, Friends Meeting House, Ilminster
Evolver Arts Prize, Dorchester Museum, Dorset
Thelma Hulbert Open, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
20/21 International Art Fair RCA London (Tag Fine Arts)
24th London Original Print Fair, London (Tag Fine Arts)
Selling Showcase, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
London Art Fair (with Tag Fine Arts)
Post Art, Farnham Maltings, Surrey
2008 Art for Giving, Bridgwater Arts Centre
Present Makers, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
Somerset Art Weeks (Open Artist’s studio)
Artist Unknown, Bridgwater Arts Centre
Bar Gallery, Bridgwater Arts Centre
Annual Summer Open, Friends Meeting House, Ilminster
Millfield Summer Show, Atkinson Gallery, Street
Evolver Arts Prize, Rook Lane Arts, Frome
Annus Mirabilis, The Hothouse, Taunton
Association of Illustrators, Images 32, London
UWE Mini Prints, Blackwells Bookshop, Bristol
Digital Print, The Hothouse, Taunton
Brief Art, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
2007 Evolver Arts Prize, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
Annual Summer Open, Friends Meeting House, Ilminster
Small Wonders, Bridgwater Arts Centre
Razzle Dazzle, Bridgwater Arts Centre
Somerset Enterprise Art, The Hothouse, Taunton
2006 Figure and Form, Bridgwater Arts Centre
Evolver Arts Prize, Sherborne House, Sherborne
Christmas Open, Bridgwater Arts Centre
2005 Association of Illustrators, Images 29, London
153rd RWA Autumn Exhibition, Three selected entries.
2004 Association of Illustrators, Images 28, London
2003 Association of Illustrators, Images 27, London
1997 Coningsby Gallery, London
Christmas Open, Bridgwater Arts Centre
Bridgwater Library,Bridgwater, Somerset
1996 Burnham on Sea Library, Somerset
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
2009 Great Create Festival, Greenway, Brixham, Devon
2008 Show Me, MA Degree Show, UWE, Bristol
1997 BA (Hons) Degree Show, UWE, Bristol
AWARDS
2008 British Ceramic Tile Design Competition
Runner-up. Designs shown at The Tile and Stone Show, London
AOI Images 32 Annual – Selected Entry
2005 AOI Images 29 Annual – Selected Entry
2004 AOI Images 28 Annual – Selected Entry
2003 AOI Images 27 Annual – Selected Entry
ILLUSTRATION CLIENT LIST
Soul
Really Good Card Company
Artists Cards
EHP Magazine
B and Q
Elle Decoration
Building Magazine
Paediatric Nursing Magazine
Campaign
Redbook (USA)
Community Care Magazine
Soul Trader
Drugscope
Spirit and Destiny Magazine
Duoderm
Top Gear Magazine
Morrisons In store Magazine
Prima Magazine
Impress Publishing
PUBLICATIONS
The Big Book of Contemporary Illustration by Martin Dawber September 09
Somerset Life Magazine September 2009