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Keith Linwood Stover - Curator
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The Cyber Art Show
"Bringing the Museum to You"
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“I am inspired by my own travels. Places and people offer me new scenarios and feelings to pour into my painting. Europe, USA, Asia, all cultures suggest diversity, to which I want to be the eye witness. On the other hand, art is a lens that translates the outside world for me to understand it and connect to humanity.
My way to achieve this is either paint on location, or take notes and draw sketches when I travel. I strive to work by memory, which requires a deeper observation; I select only what really reso-nates within. If I use my own photos I draw an edited version of the subject. Then I decide my own color arrangement, according to my mood and pre-mix a limited number of colors on my palette. At this point the brushwork should be (or at least appear) the easiest and most effortless. In other words, the painting should paint itself!
Ultimately I want the viewer to get lost in a timeless story. It's my highest reward. And a bet every single time.”
- Image of the Day -
"Weathered Spring Hills"
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Gallery #659B
April 28, 2018
Twelve Pieces by Contemporary Artist
Lisa Cunningham (Born 1964)
 Lisa Cunningham - Weathered Spring Hills |  Lisa Cunningham - A Simpler Time |  Lisa Cunningham - Beach Cottage |
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 Lisa Cunningham - A Sunny Morning on Magazine Street (pastel) |  Lisa Cunningham - Main Street Nantucket |  Lisa Cunningham - The Colors of a Summer Day |
 Lisa Cunningham - Peace and Quiet |  Lisa Cunningham - The Sugar House |  Lisa Cunningham - The Red Umbrella |
 Lisa Cunningham - Pizza and Gelato |  Lisa Cunningham - The Art Studio |  Lisa Cunningham - Empty Nester |
Feature Artist Bio
By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by American painter
Lisa Cunningham (born 1964 in Pennsylvania, USA).
A classically-trained artist, Lisa earned degrees in fine art and art education at Keystone College and Kutztown University. Although her studio experience at the time focused on oil painting, she discovered the pastel medium years later and has made this her medium of choice for her current work. She continues to find inspiration for her work through travel and the simple things that exist in everyday life.
An award-winning artist, Lisa is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and also holds signature memberships in the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, the Connecticut Pastel Society and the Pastel Society of New Jersey. She is an elected member of the Salmagundi Club of New York, the American Artists Professional League and a member of Audubon Artists.
Lisa's work is held in private and corporate collections in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey and has been shown in local and international juried exhibitions as well as non-juried invitational shows.
Recent Juried Exhibitions And Shows
2018
• Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 121st Annual Open Exhibition, NYC
• Salmagundi Club “Greenwich Village: People, Places, Things” Exhibition
• The Pastel Society of New Jersey Signature Members Show
2017
• Audubon Artists 75th Annual Exhibition
• Salmagundi Club 133rd Annual Members Exhibition
• Butternut Gallery, “Last of the Best” Invitational Exhibition
• Two-person show, “Light, Shadow, and Architecture” ArtWorks Gallery, Scranton, PA
• American Artists Professional League 89th Grand National Exhibition
• Cape Cod Museum of Art, “For the Love of Color” PPSCC Signature Member Show
• American Artists Professional League, “Landscape, Streetscape, Seascape” Show
• Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, For Pastels Only Exhibition • Connecticut Pastel Society, “Purely Pastels” Exhibition
2016
• Butler Museum of American Art, work selected from PSA’s Annual show
• Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 120th Annual Open Exhibition
• American Artists Professional League 88th Grand National Exhibition
• Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, For Pastels Only Exhibition
• Pastel Society of New Jersey Signature Members Show
• Butternut Gallery Annual Exhibition
Awards
2015 Salmagundi Club Award, PSA 43rd Annual Exhibition, Enduring Brilliance
2015 CPS Award, Connecticut Pastel Society Juried Exhibition
2015 Great American Artworks Award, PPSCC, For Pastels Only On Cape Cod
2014 Pastel Society of the West Coast Award, CPS Renaissance in Pastel
2014 Ampersand Art Supply Award, PPSCC, For Pastels Only on Cape Cod
2013 Graphics Award, Butternut Gallery, Montrose PA
Education And Workshops
• 2013 Workshop with Stan Sperlak, PSA, Crow Creek Studio, Goshen, NJ
• 2012 Workshop with Alain Picard, PSA, National Arts Club, NYC
• 2011 Workshop with Claudia Seymour, PSA, National Arts Club, NYC
• 2009 Graduate of the New York Institute of Photography
• 1986 Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
• 1984 Associate Fine Art, Keystone College, LaPlume, PA
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“My current work explores the relationship between architecture and the landscape. The dramatic play of light and shadow cast on an old building façade or the late afternoon sun that presents itself along a tree-lined street can transform the ordinary into something inviting. Sunlight dancing on abstract shapes softened by the natural environment creates a balance for the eye to explore.
Many of my compositions are painted close up, inviting the viewer to experience my interpretation of that moment in time, to realize that the structures we build and dwell in have a story to tell...one that can be visualized through the use of color and light.”
