Lorraine Tuson + Cut to the Drummer Gala
The Bepo and Mimi Project presented the “Cut to the Drummer” gala and art auction this year to raise support for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and Scholarship Program. The challenge for each of the artists featured at this event was so take a well-known drummer and create a portrait that would in turn raise money and awareness for the MS charity.
Lorraine immersed herself in the music and happily researched the era surrounding her selected artist to paint, Mel Taylor of the Ventures. For the finished product, she created an abstracted collage of shapes, figures, and forms, which presented a rhythmical portrait more concerned with energy, color and ‘visual’ sound more than actual likeness in the literal portrait sense.
The couple who purchased Lorraine’s piece, Rick and Donna Braggins, had this to say about it, “We have long admired the work of Lorraine Tuson and we are delighted to have finally added a piece to our collection. Her image stands out as an extraordinary alignment of subject and technique. Her use of collage demonstrates a wonderful sense of rhythm in both the shapes and colors. The final composition synthesizes so many significant influences of 20th century art, creating an image that is abstract, conceptual and illustrates the subject beautifully. It is a perfect alignment of image and music.”
