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Lorraine Fossi'' is an abstract painter. Born in Paris (1964) to a family of artists and architects, Lorraine graduated in Architecture in the renowned Ecole des Beaux Arts (1987), A very successful career as an architect was put on hold when due to family business Lorraine moved to London in 2000. Here she regained contact with the art world and her childhood hobby of painting.

After studies at the Chelsea College of Art and Design her memmories of summers on the beaches of Normandy would inspire her to start a series of large oil paintings in which she creates powerful abstract depictions of the sea. This would become her celebrated "Sea Abstractions Collection" acknowledged by the public as visual meditations. Fossi's techniche is based in carving and sculpting the oil paint with a palette knife, as a way to bring full meaning to every stroke. She also makes surrealist compositions and symbolist figures dedicated to a new range of formal and thematic subjects. Shortlisted with "Moses Hand" in the National Open Air Competition, Lorraine took part in the [http://Parallax%20International%20Contemporary%20Art%20Fair%20in%20London. Parallax International Contemporary Art Fair in London.]