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Not Shown:
Intimidate - Rahm Emmanuel
Incarcerate - Bernard Madoff
Detonate - Dick Cheney
Former Vice-President of the United States
Depopulate - David Rockefeller
Billionaire Globalist
Manipulate - George Soros
"Investor"
Violate - Janet Napolitano
Head of Homeland Security
Isolate - Kim Jong Il
Dear Leader of North Korea
Lori Cowherd is a freelance designer and painter living in Cave Creek, Arizona. Lori received her MA from California State University Long Beach, graduating with honors in 1992. It was in the program that she developed a strong interest in Art History, and in the works of the Carravagio and the Dutch school in particular. Lori's large canvas portraits in oil often depicted themes from the old Masters, with a distinctly current twist and social commentary. Early on she enjoyed success in group and independent shows in Seattle, Laguna Beach, Long Beach and Newport Beach. Her work was also featured in lectures in Prague and was chosen to be included in materials representing the Public Corporation for the Arts.
A series of events and chance meetings led to a career in a prestigious Long Beach design firm. Cowherd worked as an Art Director, then Senior Art Director for Fortune 500 accounts and gained invaluable experience working alongside the nations top photographers and advertising professionals. In her 10th season, at the height of her career, Lori realized she had gotten the most out of her position there and relocated to Cave Creek, AZ in 2004 opening her own freelance design studio, The Orange Gourd.
This year, Lori was finally able to return to her personal work and find renewed success in the pursuit of the fine arts. Her most recent body of work is a series of portraits of politicians, big business CEO's, and other persons relevant to the increasingly small and intermingled world of corruption and influence. The oil on panel portraits are accompanied by brief written commentary based on personal extensive research of each individual. Again, the paintings show stylist hints of the Masters, but with a strong satirical and social message of Lori's own individual style.
Self-regulate - Alan Greenspan
Former head of the Federal Reserve
"Investigate"
Disseminate - Rupert Murdoch
Media Mogul