About

As a child, Corinne Loeh spent her time hiding behind battered desks in her mother’s one room school house. She busied herself on the floor with old, discarded craft supplies while her mother taught valuable lessons to her lively class. There, behind crumbling wood and balancing on creaky floorboards, Corinne found her love of art. Day after day, she drew and cut and created in that little corner, gratified and happy. With minimal supplies and an overflow of passion, an artist thrived.

Regardless of being at the top of her class as a teenager, she was admonished for drawing instead of studying. However this criticism did not deter her from her passion. At the age of nineteen, she took on her own teaching position in another country schoolroom, just like her mother. Her students stood in line for her to open the door, every class inside interlaced with her unique artistry, and through it all she created.

After marriage and her second child, she worked her way into a position as an art teacher at a larger school. Working day and night, she became an admired artist in the small town of Carlyle, Illinois. Regardless of health complications, she managed to create and prosper as she continued through various teaching positions.

She later applied for President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Title One Project and was accepted as a mentor to study the art curriculum. Using this, she moved on to Elgin, Illinois as the Art Director at a large school district where she directed, wrote, and gained national recognition for her Art Awareness program, which focused on Art in learning. During the summers, she chose her own mentors from university art professors and practicing artists that enabled her to learn and grow her craft.

At age sixty, Corinne Loeh retired from education to focus on producing art without distraction. At her disposal was a lifetime of studies and boundless creativity. She traveled to workshops, studied under masterful artists, and experimented with mediums for the remainder of her life.

Today, her portfolio boasts over a thousand pieces spanning a variety of mediums. Her work is conceptual, large, and powerful. She has been applauded as a master multimedia artist who studied at over fifteen major universities throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe. She has shown her work in Illinois, Arizona, and all throughout New England. Her pieces display bold colors, unique textures, and complex subject matters.

These pieces can be reproduced through brilliant prints of many sizes and are available to bring life into every room of your home. 

Clo Arts Inc. is now run and owned by Corinne’s daughter, Sandra, as she continues her mother’s legacy and expands her artistic impact.