Artist Lori Schory

Hi Puzzlers

We would like you to meet artist Lori Schory. Lori was born in 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father, an industrial designer, and her mother, an illustrator and portrait artist, introduced Lori at an early age to the many broad spectrum's the art world has to offer. Both her parents proved to be invaluable influences on her artistic growth.

In 1981, she received a Master's Degree in Drawing & Painting, with honors, from Northern Illinois University. Continuing her education she also took design courses at Chicago's American Academy of Art and greeting card design courses at NYU in New York City.

Lori continually builds upon her early exposure to the arts, her college education and her many years of diverse professional experience, in tackling every artistic assignment she encounters. Along the way, she has excelled in such unique and rewarding assignments as : Head Scenic Artist on the movie set for A Thousand Acres, a Touchstone Pictures Film; a participant in a juried Collaborative Art Initiative at the New York Feminist Art Institute, NYC; and she has been sole proprietor of Lori's Signs & Graphics for twenty years. Lori has mastered the ancient craft of hand-painting signs, lettering on glass and pictorial/mural painting. Mastering this craft allowed Lori to travel much of the southern United States, hand lettering and mural painting for Carlson Restaurants Worldwide. Sometimes these commercial influences can even be seen in her fine art, which is her primary focus today.

Currently, Lori has been licensing the use of her fine artwork to many types of manufactured goods like jigsaw puzzles. Lori has a keen sense of composition, color and design and greatly enjoys using her varied skills to create art for jigsaw puzzles. Her artwork draws upon the beauty found in nature and the humor of everyday living. Lori's first artwork for White Mountain Puzzles was in 2007 with her "Frogs Gone Wild". WMP intuitively sensed and appreciated the "funny bone" inherent in Lori's personality and artistic expressions. Together we have developed additional themes and compositions that playfully tease the eyes, amuse and humor the hearts of our puzzle fans. When Lori designs a puzzle for White Mountain Puzzles, she consciously pays extra-close attention to each and every minute detail. She strives to make each and every piece of the puzzle entertaining. This is especially evident in her photo collages, Country Fair, Yard Sale, and last but not least "Viva Las Vegas!"

Viva Las Vegas was inspired after Lori attended the 2009 International Licensing Show in Las Vegas. She was so delighted to meet some of us finally...in person, that she worked our photos into her most recent zany design. Look closely and you will see Cronan throwing the dice at the craps table, Kimberley flying on the big trapeze, Jill spinning the roulette wheel and Lisa as one of the Las Vegas's "ice girls"!

Watch out! If you see Lori in your area, she just might include YOU in her next puzzle design!

Happy Puzzling!