Lorraine Abraham RSMA | Royal Society of Marine Artists

Belgian shrimp fisherman preparing for work

Oil on canvas

30" x 30"
H.M.S Royal at Greenwich

Oil on canvas

20" x 24"
Monitor M33 Dry dock - Portsmouth

Oil on canvas

20" x 24"
Monitor M33 (built 1915)

Scraper board

10" x 12"
H.M.S Endurance - International review of the fleet 2005

Oil on canvas

24" x 20"

About Lorraine Abraham RSMA

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Biography

Method of Working

Lorraine works in oil, watercolour and scraperboard. In all media she makes drawings based on observation, and then she constructs the composition. The drawing is a very important part of her work.

Biographical Details

Born and educated in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales.

National Diploma in Design, Cardiff College of Art.

Art Teacher’s Diploma, School of Education, University of Wales.

Pre- 1975 Full-time teaching including Head of Department posts.

Commissioned work for Glamorgan County Council.

1982-84 Artist Residency in Brussels (Special study of the Shrimpfishing Industry of Oostduinkerke).

1997 Elected associate member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists.

1998 Elected full member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists.

Society Memberships

Royal Society of Marine Artists

Exhibitions

Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2016

Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2015

Other exhibitions

Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales

1981 House of Commons British Women’s Art

Royal West of England Academy

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Mall Galleries

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries

Mystic Seaport , Connecticut

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales