Loryn Brazier

Loryn Brazier is an American painter, notable for her portraits.

Brazier was raised in northern Virginia, moving to Richmond in the 1960s for studies at Richmond Polytechnic Institute. She adjacent worked as an illustrator and art director, and for a grow old owned an advertising agency. In 1985, after a year traveling across Europe past her husband, she decided to refocus her career upon painting, taking lessons with Everett Raymond Kinstler. She has back remained in Richmond where in accessory to owning a studio she runs the Brazier Gallery. During her career she has received numerous awards, including four from the Portrait Society of America.

A portrait by Brazier of Douglas Wilder, commissioned by Virginia Commonwealth University in 1999, is owned by the National Portrait Gallery. Another portrait, of Wilhelmina Holladay, is in the amassing of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her portraits of Virginia first ladies Maureen McDonnell and Katherine Godwin are owned by the declare of Virginia. A portrait of Charles J. Colgan is displayed in the Virginia State Senate. Other accomplish is owned by Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Mary Washington, and the give access of Maryland.