WHAT PEOPLE SAY
"Lorissa's fine art paintings hold a spirit of elegance and calm.
Her landscapes draw me into a place of infinite subtleties, evoking a calm sense of expansion.
I love her attention to detail, her fine line work, free brush strokes and the mastery of her paint application.
Her portraits speak to the dignity and resilience of the human spirit."
— Janette Del Santo, CEO
Lorissa lives near Noosa Heads, an idyllic beach town on the Sunshine Coast.
She has studied and worked as an artist for 20 years, completing a double degree in both Visual Art and Music in her early 20s. She holds a Masters of International and Community Development,
and has travelled and worked with International Humanitarian Organisations in developing countries.
She enjoys using her artwork as a platform to engage in community driven causes such as championing the economic empowerment of women, refugee advocacy and to give support to those recovering from displacement such as victims of trafficking and domestic violence and abuse.
She is the creator of the blog FEARLESS, which aims to use art to express the faith of the heart and bring beauty, truth and freedom through art and poetry as healing for the soul.
'Lorissa's work is aesthetically appealing while her subject matter is also a
historical record inviting the viewer into a narrative that evokes strong emotion and thoughts that relate to social conscious issues.'
Dr Jandamarra Cadd
Dr Jandamarra Cadd (artist), Lorissa Manners, Sandy Boulton MP
About the work...
It's a poetic voice experienced in colour, a song that is felt and journeyed into, like living and breathing in a rhythm or symphony.
It's spirited, a connection, a dream, the faith of the heart.
The truth of beauty expressed with freedom.
Drawing inspiration from nature and music, I explore the interplay of improvisation, rhythm and movement in colour and form. As the light shifts through the landscapes changing colour and mood, I find expression both of the human stories and the beauty of the landscape itself as it is captured in a moment of time and space.
My work expresses the perceptions of faith and dreams and brings expression to the stories that we hold as treasures of experience here within the beauty of this natural realm, and as we explore our desire to experience and connect to the spiritual through the heart expression.
Artist Statement
Career Outline
Awards:
2013 - MA (International & Community Development)
2002 - BA (Visual Art/Music)
2002 - Acquisitive Award (Avondale College Business Office)
1999 - Art Excellence Award
1997 - Art Excellence Award
Exhibitions
2000, Group exhibition, Bethal Hall, New South Wales
2001, Solo exhibition, ‘Colour Landscapes’, Ella Boyd Hall, New South Wales
2002, Group exhibition, Chan Shun Auditorium, New South Wales
2002, Graduating group exhibition, ‘Felt’, Newcastle Woolsheds, New South Wales
2013, Emmanuel Arts Festival, Buderim, Queensland.
2014, Artist Showcase, Edmundi, Queensland.
2018, 'In the Dreaming', Anchor and Noble, Queensland.
2018, House and Garden Art Edit Special, London.
2019, Gallery 1340 Art Online Competition
2020, Ravenswood Women's Art Prize
2020, 'Passage: Into the Heart of Resilience', Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre
2020, 'Women of Courage', Northshore Community Centre.
Public Commissions
2000-2014, 'Under the Waves' Public Murals, Northpine Christian College.
Studio Assistant
2010-2012, Studied under the direction of Peter Hales, Fine Artist, Noosa Heads, Queensland.
Mentorship
2000-03 - Andy Collis, Ricky Norris, Tony Martin
2008-2010 - Peter Hales
2019-2020 - Dr Jandamarra Cadd
Private Commission Work
2010-2014, Home studio and private commissions.
Gallery Representation
2002, Avondale College, Chun Shun Auditorium, New South Wales.
2014, Lorissa Humble Fine Art Gallery and Open Studio, Eumundi, Queensland.
2018, Anchor and Noble, Palmwoods Queensland.
2019, 1340 Online Art Gallery.
2020, Bluethumb Art Gallery
2020, Art Lovers Australia
2020, Butter Factory Arts Centre.
2020, Northshore Community Centre
2021, Monteville Art Loft, Monteville
2022, Lorissa Manners Fine Art, Monteville
2022, Steven's Street Gallery, Yandina