An elective Fine Art (Painting) course taken while at Wilfrid Laurier University sparked a lifelong passion for interpreting landscapes. Lonny is self-taught, drawing his inspiration from the settings of his natural surroundings. His works combine subtlety and exaggeration in a display of organic shapes, colours, patterns and atmospheric light effects often inspired by trees. A sense of familiarity provided by natural subject matter as well as a nod to Tom Thomson, Lawren Harris and the Art Nouveau movement, is complemented and modernized with a stylized edge. Doherty’s 2001 piece Warm Cloud Tangle, was ranked in the top ten of International Artist Magazine competition. He was chosen among entrants from around the World. (June/July 2002 issue.)