Lori Ashley (L.E. Ashley)- Lori grew up in Middleborough, Massachusetts. She studied painting under Middleborough's Leland Smith in the 1980s, and obtained a degree in Illustration from UMass Dartmouth. Passionate about the deep history flowing through Massachusetts, she gravitated to adding found objects and antique architectural elements to her assemblage art, using them to surround her focal point of a small oil painting or an antique photograph. Her pieces are mostly miniatures, designed to draw the viewer in for a very personal, nostalgic, and sometimes bittersweet experience. Lori can usually be found with her eyes to the ground looking for materials, or out in the cemeteries or wooded trails of Middleborough, breathing in the antiquity and feel of the area for inspiration.
Click on the graphic to the right to view Lori's past 2020 exhibit |
Available Fine Art Assemblages- click on images for full view
"Bog Sentinel"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2020. Small oil painting on antique wood with copper + brass lamp parts.
7-1/4"H x 4-5/8"W x 3-1/2"D
"Autumn Grazing"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2015. Small oil painting inset onto antique wooden clock base. This loose study depicts sheep grazing on a mild autumn day in North Central Massachusetts.
7-5/8"H x 5"W x 1"D
"Leaning Shed"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2019. Small oil painting on panel inset into antique cabinet door. Depicts a dilapidated shed and floral covered stone wall in North Central Massachusetts. Painted in 2019.
11-1/8"H x 9-7/8"W x 1/2"D
"Soule Homestead Steps"
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4"H x 6"W x 2-1/8"D
"October Bog"
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6"H x 7-1/2"W x 1"D
"Tophet Swamp, Westminster"
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5-1/4"H x 8-1/2"W x 4"D
"Lunenburg House, Abandoned"
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15-1/4"H x 13-5/8"W x 1-1/4"D
"There Be Ghosts Here "
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2006. Small oil painting on panel inset into an antique clock casing.
4-3/4"H x 4-1/2"W x 2-3/8"D
"Copper Sunset"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2006. Small oil painting on panel set into antique wood rosette with antique clock glass and brass lamp, copper and wood elements.
8-3/4"H x 5"W x 4"D
"Hyannis Moon"
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17"H x 7-3/4"W x 1-1/4"D
"The Girls"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2017. Small oil painting on panel floating in antique box.
2-3/8"H x 3-3/8"W x 1-3/4"D
"Who, Me?"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2017. Small oil painting on panel floating in antique box.
2-3/8"H x 3-3/8"W x 1-3/4"D
"The Black Sheep"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2017. Small oil painting on panel floating in antique box.
2-3/8"H x 3-3/8"W x 1-3/4"D
"The Boss"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2017. Small oil painting on panel floating in antique box.
2-3/8"H x 3-3/8"W x 1-3/4"D
"Purchase St Pumphouse"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2020. Small oil painting on antique wood with copper, iron and wood elements .
6-5/8"H x 3-3/4"W x 2-1/4"D
"Harvest Time at Betty's Neck"
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4-1/2"H x 12-1/4"W x 3"D
"Shadow of the Atwood Mill Boiler House"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2021. Oil painting on panel inset into antique shop drawer. Depicts the ruins of an old mill on Walnut St in S.Middleboro,MA prior to its complete demolition. © 2021.
14"H x 7"W x 3.5"D
"Hillary's Porch"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2021. Acrylic painting on panel, antique column base, chippy frame.
7"H x 7"W x 2"D
"The Picking Ramp"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2021. Oil painting on panel, antique shop box. Depicts a closeup view of a ramp leading to the ripe cranberry bogs at Betty's Neck in Lakeville, MA.
9"H x 7"W x 2.5"D
"Line 'Em Up"
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Original assemblage artwork by L.E.Ashley ©2022. Vintage photograph print mounted onto antique moulding with antique brass letterbox slot and hardware.
7"H x 10.5"W x 1"D
"Chase Road Pasture"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, old machine shop drawer. Clouds break at the end of a late summer day over a Freetown, MA cow pasture. © 2022
10.25" x 4.75"x 2.75"
"Horseneck Dunes"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting, wood, metal, driftwood. Field of dune grass goes as far as the eye can see on the Horseneck Beach Reservation in Westport, MA. © 2022
8" x 6" x 3.5".
"Long Point Light"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil on antique bullseye moulding, brass, driftwood. Long Point Lighthouse stands in late afternoon sun in Provincetown, MA.
© 2022
6.25" x 4.5" x 1"
"Mystical Light"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, antique trim molding, brass letter slot. A fall cranberry bog in Middleborough, MA is lit by an eerie, glowing sunset.
© 2022
3.5" x 8.5" x 1"
"New Bedford Pier Mooring 1"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, antique wood frame, chain. A glowing yellow mooring against a red fishing boat background in New Bedford, MA.
© 2022
6.5" x 8" x 1"
"P Town Causeway"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, driftwood. A foggy low tide is seen off the Provincetown, MA jetty.
© 2022
12" x 7" x 1"
"Quiet Bog"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, antique wood, chain. A slumbering cranberry bog awaits the next growing season in Middleborough, MA.
© 2022
6" x 14" x 1.25"
"Reverse Side Woollies"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, old wooden shop box. A haughty group of Soule Homestead sheep present their posteriors in Middleborough, MA. © 2022
5" x 8" x 4.375"
"Sippican Buoy"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, antique frame, driftwood . Sky blue buoy bobs on gentle swells at the mouth of the Sippican River in Marion, MA © 2022
11.75" x 9" x 2"
"Tabby With Rock Study"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, old wooden clock front. A Massachusetts cat is seated next to a stone in a milky afternoon sun.
© 2022
6.5" x 7.5" x 1.125"
"The Sentinel"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, antique beehive clock case. And early winter cranberry bog is guarded by solitary tree in Middleborough, MA.
© 2022
12" x 11.5" x 4.5"
"Window To The Mill"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, antique wooden farm box. The crumbling stone window of the Oliver Mill in Middleborough, MA frames the October background.
© 2022
5" x 8.5" x 2.5"
"Wonders Of The Morning"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, antique cathedral clock case. Serene early morning view of a winter bog in Middleborough, MA.
© 2022
20" x 11" x 4.5"
"Woolen Stare Down"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, antique brass outlet plate, wood. Dual sheep portraits stare defiantly from behind their frame. Location: Middleborough, MA.
© 2022
6.75" x 4.5" x 1"
"The Carriage House Door"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil on panel, antique frame, old wood plank. Fascinating chippy paint adorns the old carriage house door of the Oliver house in Middleborough, MA.
© 2022
14.5" x 17.5" x 1.5"
"Autumnal"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, wood frame, birch, leather thong. A secluded railbed trail glows in the late afternoon light in Barre, MA. © 2022
10.5" x 10" x .75"
"Afternoon Chat"
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Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil painting on panel, antique door panel section. A bevy of hens converse in the early evening at the Soule Homestead in Middleborough, MA. © 2022
9.5" x 15" x 1.25"
"Behind The Workshop"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil on panel, antique plank. Various useful items are stored behind the Soule Homestead workshop in Middleborough, MA.
© 2023
11.25" x 14" x 1.25"
"Leaving The Fog At Block Island"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil on panel, driftwood. The fog bank gets left behind as seen from the ferry back to the mainland on Block Island Sound.
© 2023
7.5" x 10.5" x 1"
"Zee Koffer"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil on panel, floating in vintage drawer. Close-up of a sea chest owned by the artist's Great Grandfather; a Dutch fisherman.
© 2023
9.5" x 5.25" x 3.25"
"Evening Dunes On Martha's Vineyard"
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil on panel, inset into cedar box. The sun is just setting on the dunes of Martha's Vineyard, MA.
© 2023
4" x 8.125" x 2"
"Late Winter At Betty's Neck"
© 2023
12.75" x 4.5" x 4.25"
"New Bedford Pier Mooring 2"'
Original fine art assemblage by LE Ashley. Oil on panel, driftwood, rope, tacks. The colorful bow of a ship is moored to a pier in New Bedford, MA.
© 2023
5" x 6.5" x .6"