Lone Tratt

My goal is to reveal the beauty of nature. I strive to unearth the imaginary structural elements that I see with a surprising clarity. I have often returned to the exploration of these constructs throughout my creative career.

I was born in Denmark, into a family gifted with artistic ability, particularly in the visual arts. My first formal experience was with European training. Since moving to Canada in my 20’s, I have continued to explore the boundaries of my art practice, including further studies in printmaking and design. I have absorbed the imagery and culture of my adopted country and my work is influenced by my dual heritage.

I paint because I am completely enraptured by the beauty of nature surrounding me. I am captivated by a multitude of dimensions: depth, harmony, form, line, volume, space and colour. These observations touch my soul and it is these mindscapes that appear on my canvases and etchings.

My work encompasses my desire to capture the vastness of the universe, while offering a structure that helps define and explain the enormity of it all. At the periphery, I paint using multilayered glazes of thin, filmy colours. As I move toward the centre of things, I lavish
the canvas with pigment in thick, textured strata, using colours that become ever more saturated. My pieces have a core of intensity
where there is a powerful tension between the rigidly composed elements and the desire to break free of those constraints.

2011
Large Format Print Display, November & December
Shadbolt Theatre, Burnaby, BC

Spring Exhibit
Private Atelier, Vancouver, BC

2010
A Retrospective: 1990 – 2010
Dundarave Print Workshop & Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2009
Celebration
Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2008
Private Atelier, Vancouver, BC

The Colour of Spring
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2005
Solo Show, Fyn, Denmark

2002- 2006 – 6 exhibitions
Private Atelier, Vancouver, BC

2002
Petals
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2001
The Whimsies Have Landed on Granville Island
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2000
The Root of Things
Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1998
The Spirits
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1995
Voices of the Soul
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1994
Beginnings – Multiple Plate Show
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1993
Views
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1992
Life Within the Trees
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1991
A Dialogue with Trees
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1988 & 1986
Oils, Acrylics and Collages
Galerie d’Art du Grand Ruisseau, St. Sauveur, Québec

1982
Oils, Prints and Collages
Galerie Lars Westwind, Morin Heights, Québec

1981
Laurentian Fantasies
Piedmont, Québec

1979
Prints and Collages
Galerie l’Hermitage, St. Sauveur, Québec

1978
Prints, Collages and Drawings
Le Cours le Royer, Montreal, Québec

2011
Form and Formation
Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, BC

40th Anniversary Exhibition
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2006
Tratts in Print (mother and daughters exhibition)
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2006-2003
6 group shows
Artworks, Vancouver, BC

2006-2003
5 group shows
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2002
2nd Biannual International Print Exhibition (BIMPE)
New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, BC

2001
Patterns – Lone Tratt & Alexa Thornton
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2001
Just to Print – Thirty Years in the Making – Anniversary Retrospective
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Summer Show
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2000
Millennium Show
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1999
Turning – Mother and Daughter Show
The University Women’s Club – Hycroft, Vancouver, BC

Form² – Mother and Daughter Show
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997
Dundarave Printer’s Show
Douglas College, Coquitlam, BC

Terra Firma – Mother and Daughter Show
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1996
Print and Plate Show
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Circles Within Squares – Lone Tratt and William Steinberg
Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1995
A Jewish Beaux Arts
Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1993
Arts in Action – Touring Exhibition
Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Côte D’Ivoire and Senegal

1992
Arts in Action
Soul Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1989
Oils and Collages
Mt. Rolland, Québec

1988
Trees and Beyond
Gallerie d’Art du Grand Ruisseau, St. Sauver, Québec

L’Estiv’art
Piedmont, Québec

1986
Oils and Collages
Gallerie d’Art du Grand Ruisseau, St. Sauver, Québec

1985
Graphimage III
The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Québec

1985 & 1984
Arts Morin Heights
Morin Heights, Québec

1977
Graphimage I
The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Québec

1974
Printmakers Show
The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Québec

BC Children’s Hospital
BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Clark Wilson LLP
Harmac Pacific
Holloway Schultz & Partners
Monte Bello
Private Collectors
Toronto Dominion Bank
Vancouver General Hospital, Pattison Pavilion and UBC Hosipital
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

Location of works: Denmark, Germany, Austria, Spain, U.S.A., Canada

Commencement I & II
Frental
High Stakes
Mercy Point
Outer Limits
Two Birds
Underwater A-B-C
X-Files

1978
La peinture au Québec: depuis ses origines, Iconia Publishers

1977
Rare Book Collection, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

1999
Flora, 2 panels – 36 × 36 in, Vancouver, BC
Artist, Designer and Painter

1998
Miners Bay, 3 panels – 48 × 30 in, Mayne Island, BC
Artist, Designer and Painter

1997
Forest of Dreams, 3 panels – 48 × 30 in, Vancouver, BC
Artist, Designer and Painter

1996
Nature – interior mural, 2 panels – 9 × 7 ft, 8 panels – 6 × 3 ft, Saudi Arabia
Artist, Designer and Painter

1995
Symbolic Priorities, 24 × 22 ft, New Westminster, BC
Artist, Designer and Painter

1994
Playhouse – interior mural, 4 panels- 6 × 3 ft, Saudi Arabia
Artist, Designer and Painter

1993
The Natural Spirit of BC, 60 × 13 ft, Vancouver, BC
Artist, Designer and Painter

1992
Gateway to the World, 20 × 20 ft, Vancouver, BC
Painter

1990
BC Westcoast Rainforest, 130 × 95 ft, Vancouver, BC
Designer and Co-Artist

Agora Gallery, New York City, NY
Art Works Gallery – Vancouver, BC
Burnaby Art Gallery – Art Rental and Sales, Burnaby, BC
Hambleton Fine Art Services – Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Art Gallery – Art Rentals and Sales Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery – Vancouver, BC