Artist Platform SPRING 2021
LORNA INMAN
Fabricated Nature Series
BY LORNA INMAN
Inspired by a combination of real places, imagination, memories and an archive of past painterly work, ‘Fabricated Nature’ is a series of scenes inspired by nature that offer an alternative perspective to reality, drawing on the human-nature relationship. Lorna’s work often depicts natural landscapes, using them as a method of expressing messages and emotions about the human connection to nature, by projecting ideas onto scenes through use of colour, form and atmospheric cues. Using software called Tilt Brush to hand-paint each scene in virtual reality, the illusion of presence in the space offers a place to exist and reflect; bringing the viewer closer to the art and further inside the artist’s interpretation.
ARTIST BIO
Lorna Inman is a London-based Virtual Reality Artist, predominantly using Tilt Brush to create bespoke hand-painted VR experiences and videos. Specialiasing in storytelling through 3D environment design, Lorna has created artworks for companies including Google, Nutkhut, Virtual Reality Experiences and Ninety One and has created immersive experiences, videos, 360 degree immersive film, workshops and live performance.
Lorna’s practice in the immersive arts began upon researching the potential that VR has the capacity to elicit positive emotional outcomes in its users. Lorna’s illustrative environments explore natural landscapes entwined with storytelling themes, reflecting her background and former studies in BA Hons Art and Design (International) at the University of Leeds. Also interested in CryptoArt and VR metaverses, Lorna has sold a CryptoArt piece and has built a personalised art gallery space in the Incubator of Crypto Art District in Somnium Space VR.
