Lorie Burnett

Lorie S. Burnett is a self-taught silk painter.  She started her artistic career working in many different media, including glass and beaded jewelry.   Then she started experimenting with textiles.   Working with silk and paint together gave her a new way to experiment with color and texture.  This experimentation proved to be a pivotal moment in her career.   From that time on she has focused all her artistic energy (and many sleepless nights) into developing new ways of combining color and texture into wearable art.  This new medium was also more conducive to working in her studio (a.k.a. her kitchen and has now grown to include the entire house) with her two children, Morgan and Quentin, always afoot.  Lorie’s current work is greatly inspired by the centuries old Japanese technique of Shibori where each piece of silk is individually wrapped and painted by hand.  Constantly evolving, her journey is now leading her to explore clothing design and other uses for her painted textiles.