Introducing Lois Cordelia
As a part of our Winter Art Trail, we’d like to introduce you to the artists that produced artwork for the trail. In the Artist Spotlight today, we have Lois Cordelia, an incredibly talented speed painter and artist who brings the community together with her beautiful artwork.
Introducing Loïs
Loïs Cordelia is a versatile community artist, speed-painter and tutor, based at her studio in Ipswich. From intricate scalpel paper-cuts to speed-painting, her artwork balances precision with free-flowing energy. Until the Covid pandemic, she created most of her art live in public, regularly taught workshops and performed live art demonstrations along with commentary and talks.
Since March 2020, she has shifted her focus to creating bespoke commissions and offering free tutorials and demonstrations via her YouTube Channel. Lois' art has featured in public art trails across the UK. Since 2016, the combined sales of Loïs's public art pieces, handmade miniature replicas and silent auctions have raised more than £110,000 for numerous charities.
She welcomes commissions: "Unusual requests a speciality!" Lois works part-time as a Lead Artist and Programme Leader with local Ipswich and Suffolk-based Inside Out Community, offering creative group workshops and one-to-one mentoring with a focus on arts for mental health and wellbeing.
Here’s a short video in conversation with Lois as she speaks about her artwork and her favourite painting techniques.
To see Lois’ contribution to Stowmarket’s Winter Art Trail, all the artwork on the trail will be displayed at the new arts bar next door, Pallet. Not only will Lois’ piece from the Art Trail be on display, she is also exhibiting a range of her artwork painted onto actual palettes! Pop by and have a look, exhibition continues until Feb 15th.
To find out more about Lois, visit her website: https://www.loiscordelia.com/