Lorie Baxter’s paintings are meditations on layering, balance, and the interplay between chaos and order. Working primarily in oil enamel on metal, canvas, and paper, she builds and removes layers of paint to create rhythmic surfaces that reveal both translucency and depth. Influenced by artists such as Gerhard Richter, James Lavadour, Ellsworth Kelly, Donald Judd, and Barnett Newman, Baxter explores the tension between thick and thin, control and spontaneity. Her process—applying, scraping, dripping, and rebuilding—becomes a form of meditation where form emerges through the act of undoing. Based in Eastern Oregon, she draws inspiration from its hills and waterways, transforming natural rhythms into abstract compositions of light and texture.