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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Some Color
I am back home now trying to process an amazing trip to Tuscany. My workshop participants had a great time making fun of my constant exclaims "Look at the color, look at the light, look at the texture"...etc. So that is how I have decided to organize my photos, starting with some color.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
And while I am away......
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The Edge of the World 48 x38 oil Lisa Pressman |
Pressman, based in West Orange, N.J., creates paintings that are simultaneously lyrical and glacial: The open spaces in her oil and encaustic works are intersected by thin swirling lines suggestive of tornadoes, but also by thick, clotted ones that bring to mind chain links and rivers. Pressman clearly loves to paint.”
Edith Newhall
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Galleries: Meticulous and abstract, there back on the sceneI don't apply to juried shows much any more but on a whim I decided to apply to this one because the juror, Elisabeth Sussman will be curating the next Whitney Biennial. Hey, you never know.... You can see this painting in the 22nd International Juried Exhibition show from June 28th- July 16th at Viridian Artists, 530 West 25TH Street between 10th & 11th Avenues in Chelsea.
A special reception will be held on Thursday, June 30th, 5:00-8:00pm.
Spirit of Motion, Following the Path both 24 x 24 encaustic LPressman
Making Their Mark, a show curated by Amber George at the Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery has been extended through June 30th. It features paintings by Amber George, David Kidd, Chase Langford, Maria O'Malley, Audrey Phillips and Lisa Pressman
Gallery Hours: Tues, Wed, Thurs, 11-5 and by appointment
917.952.7641 46 West 90th Street, NYC, Fl 2
Press on this show can be found at:
Friday, June 24, 2011
Off to Tuscany
I have exciting news!!
I am leaving on Saturday for Tuscany with a group of students for a week long workshop. This workshop will include a variety of breathtaking locations chosen to inspire our creative work. Using mixed media (pastels, oil pastels, oil sticks and paint) we will be informed by the landscape. Imagine working with the textures, tones, colors and the clarity of light that is so much a part of Tuscany's natural beauty. Cortona, Sienna, Montepulciano, Pienza and Assisi are on the list. I hope to be able to post some pictures while I am there.( Even as I write this I can't believe I am going.)
Ciao for now
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| Untitled 2 8 x6 oil on board 2011 |
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| Untitled 1 8 x6 oil on board 2011 |
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| Untitled 3 8 x6 oil on board 2011 |
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Hotel Art Fair at the Fifth Annual International Encaustic Conference
Marybeth Rothman and I participated in the Hotel Art Fair that took place at the Fifth Annual International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, the first week in June.
I wish I had taken before and after photos of the room. From 11 to 1 am on Saturday night we found ourselves using garbage cans, trays, suitcases, towels and whatever else we could find to create some kind of presentation for our work the next morning. I seem to remember running to my room to grab extra props.
It was a great success for us. We both sold some work, were curated into an upcoming exhibition and enjoyed seeing and talking about our work together and to our visitors.
The only thing we were disappointed in was that we didn't get to spend time seeing all the other work.
Here are some blogs that show more pictures from the fair:
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Small Gems encaustic 1-5 6 x 6 each L Pressman
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Marybeth and I both loved how our worked played off each other, as if the twins were thinking in an abstract language. |
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| What are they thinking? |
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| 12 x12 each ink and wax on paper Lisa Pressman |
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| Quick notes 7 x5 each ink and wax L Pressman |
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Workshop at R & F
If you have a chance to see the Richard Serra show at the Met he is using paint sticks in many of the drawings in the exhibition. Process, surface, texture, gravity and physicality are explored.
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| Richard Serra (American, b. 1939) out-of-round X, 1999 Private collection © Richard Serra Photo: Rob McKeever |
In April, I was invited to be one of R&F Handmade Paints visiting artists to their workshop in Kingston, NY. The workshop “Pigment Sticks and Mixed Media” was three days of exploration with R&F's oil sticks. I use them in my own work to paint and draw and also combine them with oil paint and encaustic.
Thanks to all my students!
Below are a few pictures from the workshop. Thanks to all my students!
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I like to start with a 30 minute, 30 drawing introduction to materials and mark making. It is a great way to loosen up and let go of fear and preciousness.
Here are some examples of what happens when we move from smaller to bigger.
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Some examples of work done in the workshop and then back in the home studio.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
"Bad Blogger"
I know, I know, it has been more than a month since I have posted. Our pet mice come out every night and run run on their wheel. That is how I have been feeling with so much going on....family illness and an amazing recovery, high school graduation, (empty nest is very close) plus teaching here and there, workshops, shows, conferences, visitors, upcoming trip. You know........life.
I am not complaining, it is all terrific stuff. This is the first week that I don't have a list a mile long so I am going to try to catch up before I am gone again.
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