James-A-Cat Canvas Print

When my youngest, James, was six months old he would put shoe laces in his mouth and grin at me like the cat who caught a mouse; so that is how I painted him. (The costume does not exist, I painted it on him as he was wearing just a diaper at the time.)
I also received an Honorable Mention in the Eastern Idaho State Fair in 2001.

Lori Brackett grew up in Ammon, a suburb of Idaho Falls, Idaho. She consciously knew she wanted to be an artist since the tender age of five so her education was pursued in that direction. While in junior high and high school, she took almost every art class they offered. Post high school, Lori continued her art education at both Ricks College and then Idaho State University, finally graduating cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Art in Fine Art. “In my art I enjoy a myriad of different media, though my favorites are pastel, acrylic and oil. The images I perform have so much to say visually; I try to get others to ‘listen’ with their eyes. Therefore, I portray what I feel is uplifting, invokes good emotions, or gives food for...