Bird Beast

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Cleaning Robot 2 40x40

BRIAN LORIMER'S EXCITING new series HUDSY WORLD was ignited by these words from Pablo Picasso:

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”

So what’s it like to paint like a child? To find this out Lorimer turned to a very gifted young boy named Hudson Evans. Hudson is Lorimer’s (then) five year old grandson who lives within the spectrum of Autism. 

Hudson created a fictional universe called Hudsy World where colourful characters like Cleaning Robot, Chatterer, Mooee, Bat Beast and Tamey the Tamable Wolf reside. Using Hudson's drawings of these characters as his subject, Lorimer set out to put Picasso’s words to the test. The result is a series of work that presented Lorimer with an unexpected gift, a porthole into the landscape of neurodiversity and the opportunity to forge a unique bond between grandfather and grandson.  

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Brian Lorimer was born and raised in Belleville, Ontario. He studied at the Ontario College of Art and later owned and operated Lorimer Studios, painting massive murals throughout Canada and the United States. A believer in the notion that function supersedes form, Brian is a  keen cyclist and traveller who has journeyed to every continent but one.

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Education
1979-1981            Ontario College of Art & Design
                               Specialization: Fine art Drawing and Painting

Professional Experience

2002-present      Painting
1995-2002           President of Lorimer Studios Inc., mural painting
1989-1995            Freelance design and illustration for various clients
1985-1989            Senior Exhibit Designer, Exhibits International, Toronto, Ontario
1982-1985            Exhibit Designer, Geron Associates, Toronto, Ontario

Exhibitions
2011                       Solo Exhibition "Omo: A Lost World" Artspace Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
2010                      Solo Exhibition “City2Sunrise: A Journey Through Asia” Arthouse, Sydney, Australia
2010                      Solo Exhibition "City2Sunrise: A Journey Through Asia" Gallery Artplus, Belleville, Ontario
2009                      Group Show, Gallery West (formerly EZ Gallery) Nashville, Tennessee
2009                      Solo Exhibition “Landscapes of Solitude” Gallery Artplus,Belleville, Ontario
2008                      Art Auction, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
1999                       West Edge Artist Collective, Lorimer Studios, Toronto, Ontario