Lorraine, then and now
Lorraine Marcus
Oils and collage on canvas
November 2009
Sunday 15 November 2009
Thursday 08 October 2009
Comic Book Nostalgia
Comic book nostalgia
by Lorraine Marcus
2006
Inspired by memories of childhood comic-book characters
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Family Album - new pastels by Lorraine Marcus
Family Album 1
by Lorraine Marcus
Pastel on board
Family Album 2
by Lorraine Marcus
Pastel on board 
Family Album - Residential
by Lorraine Marcus
Pastel on board
Saturday 21 March 2009
Horsemen of the apocolypse
Acrylic on board
An abstract painting inspired by geometric shapes on the canvas. The painting features a number of abstract images of people and horses on a dramatic landscape enhanced by the skillful use of colour
Monday 23 February 2009
Talking Heads
Talking Heads 1
Pastels on Paper
An abstract painting of faces evoked by the stones on the bathroom floor. Vivid use of colour with African scenes
Talking Heads 2
Pastels on paper
The second painting in this duo features more images from the stones and ideas evoked from the first picture.
Friday 20 February 2009
Sunday 14 December 2008
Wednesday 03 December 2008
Two new works
Tea with the Tillermans - Lorraine Marcus 2008
Oil on Canvas
Orchid?
Lorraine Marcus 2008
Acrylic on canvas
Sunday 02 November 2008
Thursday 11 September 2008
"Mommy, come see the ladies Dancing"
"Mommy, come see the ladies dancing"
Currently exhibiting at ISIS Gallery, The Village Walk, Sandton, South Africa
Pastels on paper
Inspired by the Tango, and the words of her 2 year old son when coming across an aerobics class.
"Mommy, come see the ladies dancing" 2
Pastels on paper
The second image inspired by the tango
Sunday 10 August 2008
Broken Child ...
Oil on canvas
A news report of the tragic hijacking and shooting of a pregnant mother drove Lorraine to paint this. Both the mother and baby survived, but the injury to the unborn baby meant that she was born a paraplegic.
20th Century Celebrity Collages
Edith
Collage and oils on board
As full as Edith Piaf's life - images jump out from every inch of the canvas.
One of a series of three collages based on 20th century performing artists
Marilyn
Collage on board
The artist's interpretation of aspects of Marylin Monroe and her life.
Chaplin
Collage on board.
The artist's view of Charlie Chaplin and his era.
My Lost City - an African Dream
Pastel on paper
From a drawing of an artists' model, the image contains a variety of African images. The feelings of the painting evoked memories of the song - My African Dream
Saturday 28 June 2008
Sunday 25 May 2008
Tuesday 20 May 2008
Pedi Lady
Oil on Canvas
The Pedi Lady is a portrait of a DRC woman living in South Africa. The painting is full of the images of Africa - space, desert ...
Wednesday 23 April 2008
Friday 18 April 2008
Zahava's
Art by Lorraine Marcus on exhibition ...
Zahava's Restaurant and Gallery.
47 Grant Avenue,
Johannesburg
Thursday 17 April 2008
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Friday 11 April 2008
Township Jazz
Oils on canvas
Lorraine's impression of township music in the South Africa of the 1950's
Cocaine Lil
Pastels on Paper
This expressionistic painting was inspired by an anonymous poem "Cocaine Lil". The work contains some of the powerful imagery contained in the poem.
cocaine lil
did you ever hear about cocaine lil,
she lived in cocainetown on a cocaine hill,
she had a cocaine dog and a cocaine cat,
and they fought all night with a cocaine rat,
she had cocaine on her cocaine head,
a cocaine dress that was poppy red,
she wore a snowbird hat and sleighride clothes,
on her coat a crimson cocaine rose,
big red chariots on the milky way,
snakes and elephants, silver and grey,
oh the cocaine blues they make me sad,
oh the cocaine blues they make me feel so bad,
she went to a party one cold night,
the way she sniffed was sure a fright,
there was morphine sue and the poppyfaced kid
climbing up snow ladders and down they slid,
along in the morning about half passed three
they were all lit up like a christmas tree,
when she got home and started for bed,
she took another sniff and it knocked her dead,
they laid her out in her cocaine clothes
she wore a snowbird hat and a crimson rose,
on her headstone you'll find this refrain...
"she died as she lived sniffing cocaine"
Saturday 22 March 2008
Wednesday 20 February 2008
Brugel Revisited
Oil Pastels on Paper
SOLD
An abstract expressionistic piece inspired by a combination of photo's of women and other images.
Tuesday 12 February 2008
Water Babies
Oil on board
Childhood impressions of Charles Kingsley's "The Water Babies" provided the inspiration for this work. The painting is rich with abstract and fantasy images.
Friday 11 January 2008
Saturday 05 January 2008
Work in progress - Township Jazz
Township Jazz
Oil on Canvas
A work in progress - check back for updates!
Wednesday 02 January 2008
Tuesday 01 January 2008
More works in progress ...
Oil on canvas (left) and pastels on board (below) - works in progress by Lorraine Marcus - February 2009.
Monday 17 December 2007
Albatros
Oils on Canvas
A mermaid, the ocean, an albatross
Now on view at Zahava's - 44 Grant Ave, Norwood, Jhb
Friday 14 December 2007
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