About LKB Collection

I create large-scale paintings in an abstract expressionistic style. My preferred medium is acrylics and whatever media or material that happens to inspire or intrigue me in the moment.  I love experimenting with new techniques, tools, and ideas - nothing is off limits.  I adore creating in a “let's see what happens” fashion. Working on large surfaces allows me freedom of movement and expression, and gives me the chance to fully immerse the viewer in a full-body experiencing of my art, rather than just seeing it.

I am deeply moved and inspired by beauty and by color.  My inherent need for and my pursuit of beauty feels almost as a lifeblood experience, and my obsession with color for its undeniable healing and transformative effect on the psyche.  Painting with vibrant colors, grounded with calming neutrals, along with unexpected texture and pattern, and flowing, playful, lines is my preferred way to communicate and connect with the viewer.  My intention in using multiple nuanced layers of acrylic and oil paint, mixed media, and collage is to create art that is uplifting, inspiring, healing, and joyful, yet decidedly edgy, in an understated and refined fashion. 

My creative process is intuitive - a stepping outside of thought and surrendering to the subconscious mind; allowing my work to emerge organically from the realms of unfettered artistic possibilities and childlike wonderment.  My time in the studio is an experience of pure soul play and timelessness.  An unexpected brush stroke or a spontaneous arc of just the right color brings such intense joy that it sometimes makes me catch my breath.  

Painting, for me, is as much an act of love - even an act of service, as it is a mere creative act. Through my art, I hope to offer the viewer an emotional sanctuary - a healing space, and a visual respite from the chaos and rigid lines of this world.  My hope is that the uninhibited and abstract nature of my art will lead the viewer to an experience of openness and curiosity, a willingness to explore their own inner landscape, to ultimately arrive at peaceful contemplation.

I view my work as a colorfully peaceful protest against perfectionism, against unquestioned conformity to anything other than the remembering and reintroduction of our most authentic and vulnerable self, against the things we knowingly or unknowingly allow to stifle our own unique personal truths, and especially against those things that inhibit or blind us to our capacity to experience joy.

As a lifelong seeker of all things pertaining to love, vulnerability, personal truth and its expression, my sincerest hope is that these qualities are deeply communicated and even viscerally sensed through my art. 

Glad to see you here, 

lisa