ART CLOSING @ SLAINTE BAR & GRILL

24 Preble Street, Portland, Maine

April 6, 2006 7 pm

A Distinctive Trio of Vintage Cars, Scenic Drives and Well Oiled Road Music:

Lori Rae Palumbo, Artist www.wetpaintstudios.com

&

Elizabeth Fraser, Artist www.champart.com

Featuring Blues by Kevin Midgley, www.kevinmidgley.com

-Featured Performer on “Greetings From Area Code 207”-

Lori Rae Palumbo – Wet Paint Studios & Lollipop Art Productions

Lori Rae’s unique painting style, with chunky brush strokes and a buildup of paint, transforms canvas into sculpture. Her latest work, “Vintage Cars!” is yet another series, using a wet-in-wet painting technique. A distinctive, brightly colored palette and off-center perspective are instantly recognizable as her own. As she paints she reveals the character found hidden in the façade of every vintage car and christens each with a name from the era in which that car was produced. Framed in barn board, cars like “Tallulah” and “Norma Jean” will beg you to relive days you may not have been alive to see!

Elizabeth Fraser – Champ Art & Paint Squared

Elizabeth focuses on the rugged beauty of the Maine coast. The colorful changes that occur throughout the day and night intrigue and inspire her. She is enchanted by the vastness and power of water. In her own words: “The Maine landscape simply speaks to me”. Her paintings show energy, movement and feeling through bright, bold, expressive strokes. Creating genuine and intense moods on canvas, she invites the viewer to enter her moment, squinting at the blinding sunrise, smelling the sea breeze, shivering at the cold of a dark winter night, or relishing the warmth of a sunny summer day.