Events

• Los Angeles Municipal Arts Gallery group show, August 2007.
• Artists for Human Rights juried group show at James Gray Gallery in Bergamot Station, November 14-24, 2007.
• SCORE juried show at Valley Institute of Visual Arts, October 31-November 17, 2007.
• Solo exhibition at James Gray Gallery in Bergamot Station, January 5-February 3, 2008.
• Salon 2008 juried group show at Valley Institute of Visual Arts, January 23-February 9, 2008.
• Salon 2008 juried group show at Valley Institute of Visual Arts, February 13-March 1, 2008.
• Salon 2008 juried group show at Valley Institute of Visual Arts, March 5-22, 2008.
• Valley Artists Guild 60th anniversary 2008 Gold Medal Exhibition juried group show at Valley Institute of Visual Arts, March 5-22, 2008.
• Salon 2008 juried group show at Valley Institute of Visual Arts, March 26-April 12, 2008. Opening reception March 30, 2:00-4:00 at VIVA Gallery, 13261 Moorpark Street, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.
• Functional Art & Crafts show at LA Artcore Brewery Annex Gallery, April 5-6, 2008. Show opening Saturday, April 5, 11:00-6:00 and Sunday, April 6, 11:00-5:00 at Artcore Brewery Annex, 650A South Avenue 21, Los Angeles, CA 90031.
• Salon 2008 juried group show at Valley Institute of Visual Arts, June 25-July 12, 2008. Opening reception at VIVA Gallery, 13261 Moorpark Street, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.
• Salon 2008 juried group show at Valley Institute of Visual Arts, October 8-25, 2008. Opening reception at VIVA Gallery, 13261 Moorpark Street, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.
• Exhibition in Japan at Asian Museum in Fukuoka. September 27-October 5, 2008.
• Gallery Tokunaga, Kyushu Island, Japan; September 27-October 5, 2008.
• Solo exhibition at L.A. Artcore Brewery Gallery; May 2009.
• Exhibition in Thailand; January 2010.

Lore Eckelberry is featured in the 2008 Gold Medal exhibition of the Valley Artists Guild.

In February 2008, Lore was selected by a jury to become an exhibiting member of the prestigious group of Valley Artists Guild. This high honor brought the opportunity to submit paintings and then become one of the few to be accepted to exhibit in the 60th anniversary 2008 Gold Medal Exhibition. To view Lore’s work, including the paintings exhibited, visit her website at: http://www.loreeckelberry.com/
Two pieces of Lore Eckelberry’s were admitted. One of them was the painting “Petit Chocolat” that was hung prominently in the main room of the gallery. This painting features a beautiful boy wrapped in a wonderful and strikingly colored blanket. The originality of the composition of colors is so outstanding that it is hard to take the eyes away from this exceptional painting.
The other exceptional painting selected was “Baby with Hat”. This shows a gorgeous boy wearing an oversized hat. The boy conveys a certainty of himself with his eyes looking straight at you as if he can read your deepest thoughts. The painting is nicely rendered and the colors are a combination of reds, blues and purple that create a subtle harmony.
The exhibition shows a very talented selection of artists with a high standard of art quality that was juried and the show is a wonderful success.

The portraits of Lore Eckelberry have been selected for exhibition at the prestigious Salon 2008.

Lore’s dynamic and colorful portrait paintings have been selected to show throughout this year in ten exhibitions at the Valley Institute of Visual Arts. Lore’s latest work can be seen on her website http://www.loreeckelberry.com/
Every year, out of hundreds of artists submitting works only thirty artists are selected by jury to show in the VIVA Gallery Salon. The salon features the work of these artists in regular intervals throughout the year in juried exhibitions. At each exhibition the paintings get selected by jurors to maintain the high quality standard of the work.
In Salon number one, “Ale 1” and “Self-portrait” were exhibited. “Ale 1” features a striking partial image of a woman in profile . The composition draws in the viewer by encouraging one to complete it in the mind. “Self portrait” shows a figure in bright contrasting colors that convey the subject in abstracted imagery.
Salon number two featured “Baby blue” and “Ale 2”. “Baby blue” is a crying baby reluctant to have his image portrayed and yet the inescapable sadness is visible in the eyes and the emotion of the blue color involves us further. “Ale 2” is a striking combination of Andy Warhol and a vivid happy colorful portrait of a girl smiling, wearing a baseball cap.
In Salon number three, “Orange Baby” and “Ale Phantom” which portrays a girl hiding in mystery, shy, uncertain of how to communicate something, but in spite of that she is able to transmit her thoughts through the gleam of her gorgeous eyes. “Orange Baby” is the contradiction of thoughts expressed in a color contrast of orange and green.
Salon number four has a portrait of the famous actress “Karen Black” and describes Hollywood in her preparation for a show and coming out as a star. In the painting “Arthur” you see a handsome boy lost in his thoughts while he is bathed in the sun on a beach in Hawaii.