Lorna Russell
Lorna Muriel Russell is a Canadian artist, known for her distinctive prairie landscapes in watercolor, guache, and oil that interpret her home province of Saskatchewan.
Russell was born and currently resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions. Her works can be found in collections across Saskatchewan. Russell, along with Dorothy Boerma, Ann Newdigate, Jo Claire, and Betty Meyers, founded the Shoestring gallery in 1971 which has since changed its name to A.K.A. gallery.Career
Lorna Russell attended the University of Saskatchewan where she received a Bachelor of Science in 1956. In 1968 she received her Professional "A" Teaching Certificate from the University of Saskatchewan. She used her teaching certificate to teach art education in public elementary and high school in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 1968-1970. Starting in 1968 to 1972 she also worked as an art consultant for the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation and Saskatchewan Society for Education Through Art. Russell worked as education officer with the Mendel Art Gallery from 1972-76. In 1976 she worked as an art instructor at the Muenster Art Program.Connections
She and her garden in Saskatoon is captured by close friend and artist Honor Elizabeth Kever in Kever's photograph "Garden, 1989")
