Serra, Brancusi, and Monet

I was just looking through some photos from my trip to Paris a while back. Here are a few from the inspiring Serra show at the Grand Palais.

the floor at the Grand Palais


And a few from Brancusi's studio:










And of course Monet's garden which was in full bloom!!

West of Chelsea: Lisa Pressman

Recently, artist and writer Nancy Tobin visited my studio for a chat and a tour:

"During a recent tour of her studio, Ms. Pressman, who is from West Orange, showed me work from as far back as high school. It’s a privilege to get this kind of glimpse into the inner sanctum of an artist: the sketches, the stacks of paintings lining the walls — a living journal of an artist’s life."

- Nancy Tobin

You can read the rest here:

West of Chelsea: Lisa Pressman featured in the New York Times Local

Between the Lines

Between the Lines 4 encaustic on paper 17 x17 LPressman

Over the years I have collected vintage postcards and old books that collect dust and take up space around the studio and house. Recently, while working, I grabbed two books and began tearing pages from them: Crime and Punishment and Love's Labor's Lost.

Between the Lines 9 encaustic on paper 17 x17 LPressman

Now it would be terrific if I could come up with some brilliant connection and intellectual conversation of the reason why I am using these two texts-but I haven't figured it out-yet. Perhaps when I get around to reading them that will enlighten me.

Between the Lines, Moment, encaustic on paper 17 x17 LPressman

All I know is that I am going page by page in each book. Most of my work in the past year or so has at least a page of one or the other. I love the feel, texture and color of the old pages and the hidden text that peeks through the images.

Between the Lines 10 encaustic on paper 17 x17 LPressman

Between the Lines 11 encaustic on paper 17 x17 LPressman

Something New From the Studio

12 x12 encaustic L Pressman


10 x 10 encaustic, oil L Pressman


18 x18 e ncaustic,oil L Pressman


18 x 18 encaustic ,oil L Pressman