Artist Bio

Lorraine “Laurie” Fosmire is a long-time member and past president of the South Bay Art Association, where she has played an active role in fostering community, creativity, and artistic engagement on Long Island.

Working primarily in photography, Laurie focuses on architectural imagery, with additional interests in landscapes and floral subjects. Her photographic practice is complemented by her work in collage, where she experiments with composition and layered visual storytelling.

Her work has been featured in a solo exhibition at The Cheese Patch in Patchogue and in numerous group exhibitions throughout the region, including the Patchogue-Medford Library, Bayport-Blue Point Library, and the former Bay Gallery on Brown’s Lane in Bellport. She has also exhibited at Gallery on the Hill in Farmingville, Phoenix Gallery in Bellport, East End Arts Council in Riverhead, Sachem Public Library, Comsewogue Public Library in Port Jefferson, and South Country Library in Bellport.

Through both her artwork and her leadership within the arts community, Laurie continues to contribute to the cultural fabric of the Long Island art scene.

Artist Statement

Photography is Lorraine Fosmire’s primary creative language, offering her a way to preserve fleeting moments of beauty found in both the built and natural world. With a particular passion for architectural subjects, she is drawn to structure, symmetry, texture, and the quiet stories held within historic facades and everyday spaces. Through her lens, buildings become more than structures — they become portraits of time and place.

Laurie is equally inspired by the softness of landscapes and the delicate details of florals, capturing contrast between organic forms and man-made design. Her work often reflects a thoughtful balance between observation and interpretation.

In addition to photography, Laurie explores collage as an extension of her visual storytelling — layering imagery, memory, and composition to create new narratives from existing fragments. Across all mediums, her work celebrates preservation, perspective, and the art of truly seeing what surrounds us