LORI HUNTER IS A WATERCOLOR PAINTER LOCATED IN WASHINGTON STATE. SHE IS A WIFE, MOTHER, DOG MOM AND LOVES SPENDING HER DAYS IN RETIREMENT PAINTING AND TENDING TO HER HOME AND GARDEN.

 

LORI SPENT HER CAREER AS A NURSE AND ALWAYS ENJOYED ART AND FOUND WAYS TO BE CREATIVE IN HER EVERYDAY LIFE. IN 2001, SHE AND HER FAMILY MOVED TO MINNESOTA, WHERE SHE TOOK HER FIRST WATERCOLOR PAINTING CLASS AND CONTINUED WEEKLY CLASSES FOR YEARS. SHE HONED HER SKILL WITH PAINTING WORKSHOPS BY SOME OF HER OTHER FAVORITE ARTISTS, DON ANDREWS, CHENG-KHEE CHEE, MICHAELIM OTIS, IRENE HOWE AND FRANK ZELLER. LORI HAS ALWAYS BEEN INSPIRED BY HER FAVORITE ARTIST, JOHN EBNER.

 

IN 2015, LORI RETIRED FROM HER NURSING CAREER AND MOVED BACK TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WITH MORE TIME TO PAINT, SHE FOUND HER NICHE IN PAINTING LANDSCAPES, GRAPE LEAVES AND PET PORTRAITS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. TODAY, SHE TEACHES LOCAL PAINTING CLASSES AND ENJOYS PAINTING THE INCREDIBLE LANDSCAPES THAT SURROUND HER IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.