While clearly influenced by the realism and techniques of the old Masters, Lori Lukasewich’s painting owes more of a debt to the practice of meditation. Her contemporary realist paintings often express an ethereal light and singular focus that is at once calming and pleasurable. She was educated at the Alberta College of art and has used her skills in the areas of graphic arts, visual presentation, film and television, jewellry design, furniture design, decorative and faux painting, palaeontological restoration, and children’s literature and illustration. She has been teaching painting for 12 years. Lori has painted seriously since 1984 and has exhibited consistently since that time. Her work can be found in many public and private collections.