Lori MacDonald

Fine Art Acrylics

Acrylic paintings of the New England, landscape and coastal regions.
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Awards, Honors, and Other Notables

The Princeton Arts Society Spring Exhibition
            "Wendell Reflections" received an Honorable Mention (and cash award)

The Leominster Art Association 48th Annual Art/Craft/Photography Exhibit 2013
           
"The Routine Life of a Gloucester Dog" received the Popular Vote Ribbon in the Advanced Category

Greater Gardner Artists Association 25th Anniversary Spring Show 2013
          
  "A May Day on Elm Street" received three awards:
            Popular Vote Award, The Golden Award, and a 2nd Place Ribbon in the Acrylics Category

Jaffrey Civic Center Spring Show 2013
           
"The Routine Life of a Gloucester Dog" received an Honorable Mention based on Popular Voting

Gardner Area League of Artists Spring Show 2013
         
  "Annisquam Charm" received a 3rd Place ribbon in the Acrylics category

Gardner Area League of Artists Fall Show 2012
           
"The Routine Life of a Gloucester Dog" received the 2nd Place Popular Vote

Hey Day Art Exhibit at Wachusett Meadow October 2012

                "Into the Meadow" received an Honorable Mention in the judged portion of the exhibit 

The Fitchburg Art Museum's 77th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft  June 24 - September 5, 2012

                  "Beyond a Peg Leg Garden" was juried into this popular annual exhibit at the museum.

 

 The Leominster Art Association 47th Annual Art/Craft/Photography Exhibit 2012

                Popular Vote in the Special Theme Category - "320 Spring Street"

                Second Place, Special Theme: Mailboxes - "320 Spring Street"

 

The Greater Gardner Artists Association 24th Spring Art Exhibition 2012

                The Mayor's Award - "Springtime on Pleasant Street" 

                Honorable Mention in the Miniatures Category - "Path to Babson Farm Quarry"

 

 Gardner Area League of Artists Spring Show 2012

                Honorable Mention - "The Last Day of Winter in North Hero, Vermont"

 

The Jaffrey Civic Center Annual Spring Exhibition 2012

                First Place Popular Vote - "Early Morning on King Street"

 

The Leominster Art Association 46th Annual Art/Craft/Photography Exhibit 2011

                Third Place award in the Advanced Acrylics Category - “Halibut Point”

                Founder’s Award the in the Advanced Acrylics Category - “Babson Farm Quarry”

                Popular Vote in the Advanced Acrylics Category - “Babson Farm Quarry”

                Exhibit Chairman’s Award - “Lunch on a Special Day”

 

The Greater Gardner Artists Association 23rd Spring Art Exhibition 2011

                Mayor’s Award - “Early Morning on King Street”

                First Place award in the Acrylics Category - "I Won't Get Wet"

                Popular Vote - “I Won’t Get Wet”

                Third Place award in the Miniature Category - “Sue’s House in Color”

 

Gardner Area League of Artists Spring Show 2011

                First Place award in the Acrylics Category - “Red Umbrella”

                Second Place Popular Vote - “Red Umbrella”

                Second Place award in the Acrylics Category - “Winter Garden on Cape Ann”

 

The Jaffrey Civic Center Fall Show 2010

                2nd Place Popular Prize - “The Stone House Remembered”

 

Art on Rotation Gallery Winter Juried Exhibition 2010

                Popular Vote Award - "The Old Shed in New Light"

 

Gardner Area League of Artists Fall Show 2010

                First Place award in the Acrylics Category - “Considering Breakfast on a September Morning”

                Third Place award in the Acrylics Category - “Clay Jars and Lamp Light”

 

Hudson Arts Alliance 2010 Fall Juried Show

                Third Place award in the Painting Category - “Path Through the Meadow”

 

The Leominster Art Association 45th Annual Art/Craft/Photography Exhibit 2010

                Second Place award in the Advanced Acrylics Category - “A Fallbrook Reservoir View”

 

The Greater Gardner Artists Association 22nd Spring Art Exhibition 2010

                First Place award in the Acrylics Category ­- “A Fleeting January Thaw”

                Mayor’s Award - “A Fleeting January Thaw”

                Founder’s Award - “After the Rain”

 

The Gardner Area League of Artists 2010 Spring Show

                1st Place award in the Acrylics category - “The Days are Growing Longer”

 

The Gardner Area League of Artists 2009 Fall Art Show

               1st Place award in the Acrylics Category - “Late Bloomers and Rain Water”

               2nd Place award in the Acrylics Category - “Audi Leads the Way”

               Honorable Mention award in the Acrylics Category - “Essex Salt Marsh”

 

The Art on Rotation Fall Juried Show 2009, Clinton, MA

             1st Place award in the Water Media category - “6:31 PM – Clinton”

 

The Fitchburg Art Museum’s 74th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft, Fitchburg, MA 2009

              Popular Prize - “The Stone House Remembered”

 

Clinton Olde Home Days Juried Exhibition 2009 at the Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA

              2nd Place award in the Acrylics Category -“6:31 PM – Clinton”

 

Leominster Art Association 44th Annual Art/Craft/Photography Exhibit 2009, Leominster, MA

             1st Place award in the Advanced Acrylics Category - “The Stone House Remembered”

             President’s Award - “Mirror Lake Transit Authority”

             2nd Place award in the Special Theme, Spires - “Grandpa’s Treat”

 

Greater Gardner Artists Association 21st Spring Art Exhibition 2009, Gardner, MA

            1st Place award in acrylics - “Afternoon Garden”

            2nd Place award in the Miniature category - “Hubbardston Waterfall”

                                                                                                                                                                    

The Gardner Area League of Artists 2008 Fall Art Show, Gardner, MA

            1st Place award in acrylics - “Catching the Painted Sky”

 

The Post Road Art Center Landscape Show 2008, Marlborough, MA

            3rd Place award - “Light and Shadow at High Ridge”

 

Leominster Art Association 43rd Annual Art/Craft/Photography Exhibit 2008, Leominster, MA

           Exhibit Chairman Award - “Three Blossoms on Back Beach”

           2nd Place award in the Special Theme, Windows - “Coffee Shop”                                

 

Greater Gardner Artists Association 20th Anniversary Spring Art Exhibition 2008, Gardner, MA

           1st Place award in acrylics - “1938 Bridge”

           2nd Place award in the Miniature category - “Farm on Whitney Street”

           3rd Place award in acrylics - “Winter’s First Blush”

           Honorable Mention in acrylics - “Watermelons in Rosebud, MO”

 

Other Notables:

                

In a collaboration of the Mass Audubon Society and the Princeton Arts Society, “At Home in Wachusett Meadow” was selected for the cover of their 2012 calendar project

 

Gardner Mayor Mark Hawke selected “The Path at Dunn Park” for his 2010 mayoral greeting card in a competition held for artist members of the Greater Gardner Artists Association

 

Paintings selected by the Athol Women of Words for an art/poetry collaboration with the Greater Gardner Artists Association culminating in an evening of art and poetry: “1938 Bridge” (2008), “Nosey Neighbor” (2009), and “Early Morning on King Street” (2011)

 

 

Solo Exhibits:  

  

                “Far, Near Here” at the Levi Heywood Memorial Library, Gardner, MA (December 2011)

                “New England Land & Seascapes” at the Heywood Hospital Wound Care Center, Gardner, MA (Fall 2011)

                “In Compelling Light” at the Townsend Meeting Hall Gallery, Townsend, MA (June-July, 2011)

                “A Sunday Drive” in Display Cases I & II, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH (April 16 – May 20, 2010)

“Local Beauty” at the Levi Heywood Memorial Library, Gardner, MA (February 2010)

“Eclectic” at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, MA (November-December 2009)

 

                        

 

 Group Shows and Other Juried Exhibitions:

 

 

"Discovering New England" at the Chabot Fine Art Gallery, Providence, RI (2012) This juried show includes my painting,

 "Early Morning on King Street".   Juror Michael Giaquinto, Exhibitions Curator for the Cape Cod Museum of Art.

The Rockport Art Association’s Regional Juried Invitational Exhibition (2011), Hey Day Art Show sponsored by the Audubon Society and the Princeton Arts Society 2010, 2011); Heritage Park DCR Exhibit, Gardner, MA (2011); Galleria Vivace, Stafford Springs, CT (2009) ; Rollstone Studios, Fitchburg, MA (2010); The Fay Club, Fitchburg, MA, Johnsonia Art Gallery, Fitchburg, MA (2009); The Fitchburg Art Museum Regional Juried Exhibition, Fitchburg, MA (2008-2011); Jaffrey Civic Center, Spring and Fall Shows, Jaffrey, NH (2009-2011); Hopkinton Cultural Arts Alliance, “Arts in Bloom”, Hopkinton, MA (2010); Hudson Arts Alliance Fall Exhibition, Hudson, MA (2010); Clinton Olde Home Days Juried Show, Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA (2009); White Dog Printing, Gardner, MA; The Mayor Mark Hawke’s office, Gardner, MA; The Art on Rotation Gallery Fall Juried Show at the High St. Café, Clinton, MA (2010)

 

 

 Representation 

 

 

The Boulder Art Gallery, Fitchburg, MA

  

 

Memberships

 

 

The Gardner Area League of Artists

The Great Gardner Artists’ Association

The Leominster Art Association

The Princeton Arts Society
The Rockport Art Association

 

 

 

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