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Kent painter Lauri Zarin’s vivid portrayals of urban and country landscapes and the animal kingdom are featured in the current exhibition running through April 11.
Ms. Zarin’s show, “Recent Works,” includes selections from two series of paintings that she has developed in recent years, “City and Country” and “Animal Wonders.” Her “City and Country” series spans a world of imagery from the bright-hued urban tableau of a “Paris Night” to the dreamlike forest scene in the midst of a snowstorm’s “Winter Whirl.” The series, “Animal Wonders,” presents whimsical visions of pets and wildlife ranging from “Nocturnal Wonders” to the ultimate pampered feline, “Olympia.”
“My work evolves out of moments of perception—personal events remembered or felt,” Ms. Zarin explains. “Animals often inspire me, particularly my own domestic cats and dog,” she notes. “They are beings separate from humans, yet they are not wild. They seem to bridge the animal and human worlds. In my paintings, these animals become guides to a mythological realm.”
A graduate of the University of Illinois and Wesleyan University, Ms. Zarin has exhibited her paintings at public and private galleries, museums and juried shows in Connecticut, New York City, and Illinois over the past two decades. Her paintings are also part of private collections in New Milford, St. Louis, and Urbana, Ill. A resident of Kent, she previously taught art in Connecticut public schools and currently serves as homeschool teacher for her two children.
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