Quarter-Finalist

Lori Bernardo

Creating art is about falling in love and dancing with paintbrushes daily to tell stories that are born from rage to love…

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What is your favorite type of art to create?

Saying something, sometimes obnoxious, sometimes quaintly calm, sometimes with no where to go…to take your breath away or to remember when… to confront, to find the moments of tranquility and to observe, listen, breath and capture mother nature… Making mistakes challenge me to “see” better and sharpens my abilities to lasso creativity…

Where do you find inspiration?

My outlandish untamed imagination of coloring outside the lines and lifes experiences has caused me to be somewhat of a renegade, and i had to be to survive... i so dislike the concept of project 2025 & its tone of racism and sexism…. I am a John Lennon admirer and live by his song Imagine…absolutely against all genocide, starvation, & wars & most aggressive forms of domestic violence or the absurd tailgaitors who come just too close to clipping your vehicle as they pass you on hairpin curves…

What would you do with $25,000?

Hire someone to help me organize my studio, buy crayons to give to kids when ptg outdoors, and donate a painting to a medical fundraiser for someone who bas no medical insurance and travel to an exotic beautiful off the beaten path to paint people, their humanity, their beautiful differences, and stunning clouds..biggest dream, get an invitation by Lennie Kravitz to come and paint him on his property in South America…why not dream fantastic?

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