Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. After receiving the first place award in oil painting from the New York chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters in 1986, Ms. Zummo was granted a full scholarship to the New York Academy of Art’s Master Class program. The NYAA’s extensive study program, based on the Italian Renaissance and the French Academic training tradition further enhanced her style and technique.
Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syracuse University in 1984. After receiving the first place award in oil painting from the New York chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters in 1986, Ms. Zummo was granted a full scholarship to the New York Academy of Art’s Master Class program. The NYAA’s extensive study program, based on the Italian Renaissance and the French Academic training tradition further enhanced her style and technique.
Drawing inspiration directly from nature, her landscapes wonderfully capture the soft detail of land and sky. In 1988, Ms. Zummo was highlighted as one of three “Emerging Artists” at the Hurlbutt Gallery of Greenwich, CT. Since then, her work has been shown in Boston, Chicago, Washington D.C., Cincinnati, as well as, New York City and Southampton N.Y. Her work has been collected extensively by patrons all over the country.
Lori paints perfect Cape and Island days at the beach or by the pond. Her clouds have the cottony texture and depth of a July day. Her palette and strong sense of composition make for delicate paintings that will spark that moment of recognition in viewers of their favorite place to live or visit. Lori’s work possesses a realistic clarity that reveals more and more with each viewing.
Lori lives in Connecticut and loves to travel to the Cape to paint.
