Lori Beemoer – Thursday Night Guest – November 6, 2025

(Submitted by Sherida Etherington)

Lori Meeboer is a Canadian fine artist living and working in Corbyville, ON.Lori is a painter, teacher, gallery curator, exhibition judge and is represented by 5 galleries.

Lori attended Trent University in Peterborough and has been studying and honing her unique style for the past two decades. She is heavily influenced by the Canadian Shield, a significant part of her childhood. An avid kayaker, Lori shoots most of her reference photos from kayak trips in Canada. Her strong, bold and colourful style is intentional, meant to reflect the rugged Canadian landscape. You may also notice a similarity to stained glass mosaic. Lori’s semi abstract mosaicism style has, in part, developed as a result of her work with glass. Every piece is created with deep admiration for the natural beauty in this world and it is Lori’s hope that it evokes strong memories of your time spent in the great outdoors.

Lori’s presentation was primarily about colour theory and the psychology of colour.  She paints in acrylic.  I personally found the presentation a very useful review of this subject and I feel inspired to create colour journals myself. 

She covered cool vs warm, complementary colours, analogous colours, atmospheric perspective and triadic colours, giving examples of art using each approach.  She stressed that she can always tell when viewing artwork if the artist understands colour theory.  She said that a common mistake is to use colours straight from the tube.  They need to be desaturated using grey, black or white or a complementary colour.

Lori has many sketchbooks filled with colour journals. She lists the date, the colours used and the name of the painting. Also the colours used to cool and desaturate a background and add the sky colour. Colours vary with each manufacturer. 

Lori demonstrated creating a colour wheel. The wheel can be created with any combination of colours, not just primaries.  She used Triart Thalo Turquoise Light, Yellow Oxide and Pyrrole Red for this presentation. She stressed that adding white enables seeing the colour better. The first ring mixes the red, yellow and blue.  The outer ring then takes the colours in this ring and adds white to make tints.  The third ring (inside) takes the first ring colours and adds grey or black to create shades. In the very center, mix all three of the initial colours and use this colour for shadows.  She finds that playing in her colour journal helps if she has artist’s block.

In her artwork, she paints the entire canvas black (carbon black by TriArt). She then chalks on the scene.  She then adds the colour, leaving black lines around the areas of colour.

Lori’s Website:  https://www.lorimeeboer.com/