I really enjoy the work of Lore Smol­ders, but I had the hard­est time find­ing any work by her out­side of see­ing her con­tri­bu­tion to a Rotopol Press show.

Lore uses graphite and her style has a heavy hand to it. There is a lot of cer­tainty to her lines, and they’ve made the work very expres­sive. In addi­tion to con­ven­tional draw­ings and sketch­ing, she’s also exper­i­mented with cut outs and pro­jec­tions, and instal­la­tion that I would have loved to see in person.

Lore’s style, rather choppy at times, makes for an inter­est­ing reflec­tion on nature — a promi­nent sub­ject mat­ter. I tend to roman­ti­cize nat­ural things as hav­ing a cer­tain amount of beauty and grace, which is not really indica­tive of what Lore has pre­sented. I enjoy the skew on my con­ven­tions!

All images via his blog. The last image is from the Rotopol Press Flickr.