Sorensen describes her work as “exaggerated realism”, where the colors, scale, contrast and lighting are pushed just beyond reality. Her popular still lifes evoke the beauty of nature, and then heighten it with vibrant colors, brilliant light and dancing shadows. Their sensuality draws you in, making the viewer want to breathe in the sweet aroma of the luminous flowers or bite into a luscious pear. Ora’s laborious method of oil painting uses many layers of thin transparent oil paint to give a deep jewel like glow to the surfaces of the painting’s subject matter.
Sorensen was born in New York but grew up overseas in such countries as Libya, Turkey, Iran, Holland and Thailand. Throughout her travels, Ora spent a lot of time drawing and painting as a child, taking workshops from artists all over the world. Ora owned an art gallery in Delray Beach, Florida for twenty years, and her paintings have been shown in many exhibitions over the past decades. Sorensen currently lives and paints in North Carolina.
Ora’s latest projects include a commission for the Cleveland Clinic in Naples, Florida as well as five commissioned paintings for the lobby of the new Intercontinental Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. Ora has been a contributing columnist to The Professional Artist's Magazine and Artist's Magazine.
Sorenson, “One Red Pear”, 30x30
Which Ora’s bold black background and vibrant colors, you can pair her work was a multitude of styles. Place it on your traditional fireplace mantle or over your modern couch.
Sorensen, "Blue Butterfly”, 30x30
Explore some of Ora’s more experimental work. With “Apples and Crystal” she steps out of her box and uses a white on white motif instead of her typical black background. While “Fruit Bowl” features not glass, but a blue and white porcelain bowl and a variety of different fruit.
Sorensen, “Apples and Crystal”, 30x30
Sorensen, “Fruit Bowl”, 30x30
