Step into the world of Lori Nelson… where magical oddities enchant every corridor and dreamlike moments let your imagination flutter like the wings of a two-headed butterfly. In vibrant style, her rosy-cheeked subjects portray an eerie innocence that beckons your attention. Please join Modern Eden Gallery this Saturday, July 13th for the opening of her solo exhibition, ‘Secret Self’. Press: Lori Nelson is a Brooklyn and Catskills-based painter whose narrative work incorporates aspects of traditional portraiture, Magic Realism, and vintage storybook illustration. In her ongoing “Cryptotween” series she explores the vulnerability and essence of what it means to be young and monstrous. Nature and technology also play prominently in her paintings as do the “homey” aspects of her homespun childhood built around self-reliance in a religious household in the West. Nelson has exhibited her work … Continue reading Lori Nelson: ‘Secret Self’ @ Modern Eden Gallery