Lonnie Zarem
About Lonnie Zarem
Lonnie Zarem is a professional fine artist with a focus on making Encaustic Monotypes. Following art school, she started her work in Encaustic Arts; painting and creating Encaustic Monotypes. For the last 18 years, Lonnie has been pushing the possibilities of making contemporary Encaustic Monotypes; developing new methods, stretching and modifying wax application, working large scale, incorporating varied drawing approaches, and exploring color and light to achieve her highly expressive representational abstract monotypes.
When asked what inspires her work, she said, “I have always been fundamentally inspired by my relationship with the natural world. I want to experience the special moments that arrive from being aware, when it’s most beautiful, when it’s most simple, when it’s most profound, when contrasts are arresting. I want to visually capture it in my mind before it’s gone, to register it in a pure, simple, and honest way. I look to see things raw, wild, and unbundled from the demands of daily life. It’s my intention to capture nature’s announcements of change and transition. I am urged to respond and interpret these moments in terms of the emotion and meaning they have for me, to find these beautiful memories and make them seeable, and shareable!”
Lonnie currently lives and works in her studio in Nevada, shows her work internationally, has been an art instructor and mentor for the last 10 years. She enjoys family, friends, and an active life filled with the wonder, beauty, nature’s wildness, and new adventures.