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Interview with Meg Hitchcock: Excavating Light, Language, and Loss Through Art
Interview Kelly Curtis 9/17/23 Interview Kelly Curtis 9/17/23

Interview with Meg Hitchcock: Excavating Light, Language, and Loss Through Art

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Downtown Debut: James Isherwood & Lisa Pressman
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/10/22 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/10/22

Downtown Debut: James Isherwood & Lisa Pressman

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A quote from Alice Zinnes
Quote Kelly Curtis 12/7/22 Quote Kelly Curtis 12/7/22

A quote from Alice Zinnes

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Susan Eley Fine Art: In Dialogue with Lisa Pressman
Interview Kelly Curtis 6/16/22 Interview Kelly Curtis 6/16/22

Susan Eley Fine Art: In Dialogue with Lisa Pressman

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Lisa Pressman: Trusting Intuition
Essay Kelly Curtis 12/1/21 Essay Kelly Curtis 12/1/21

Lisa Pressman: Trusting Intuition

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Visual Conversations with Lisa Pressman and Sue Stover
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21

Visual Conversations with Lisa Pressman and Sue Stover

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Lisa Pressman and Jim Napierala: Two-person exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21

Lisa Pressman and Jim Napierala: Two-person exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art

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Altered States
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21

Altered States

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Artist Spotlight: Lisa Pressman
Interview Kelly Curtis 1/1/21 Interview Kelly Curtis 1/1/21

Artist Spotlight: Lisa Pressman

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Materiality and Mark-making in Abstraction
Classes Kelly Curtis 8/1/20 Classes Kelly Curtis 8/1/20

Materiality and Mark-making in Abstraction

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Online Learning. Crazy times.
Classes Kelly Curtis 4/10/20 Classes Kelly Curtis 4/10/20

Online Learning. Crazy times.

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Approaching Encaustic Video
Video Kelly Curtis 3/26/20 Video Kelly Curtis 3/26/20

Approaching Encaustic Video

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Back Again
Video Kelly Curtis 3/6/20 Video Kelly Curtis 3/6/20

Back Again

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Words from Artist Paula Overbay
Artists Kelly Curtis 7/1/18 Artists Kelly Curtis 7/1/18

Words from Artist Paula Overbay

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Stuart Shils Answers
Artists Kelly Curtis 2/26/18 Artists Kelly Curtis 2/26/18

Stuart Shils Answers

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The Heart Of It: Jen Tough Gallery
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/23/18 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/23/18

The Heart Of It: Jen Tough Gallery

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Bonny  Leibowitz answers
Artists Kelly Curtis 1/3/18 Artists Kelly Curtis 1/3/18

Bonny Leibowitz answers

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Exhibitions /  2018
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 1/1/18 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 1/1/18

Exhibitions / 2018

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Peter Roux answers
Artists Kelly Curtis 12/1/17 Artists Kelly Curtis 12/1/17

Peter Roux answers

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Jeanne Heifetz Answers
Artists Kelly Curtis 11/1/17 Artists Kelly Curtis 11/1/17

Jeanne Heifetz Answers

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Lately I’ve been letting myself wander—no plan, no map, just following color, pressure, accident, and the places where things almost fall apart.

Experimenting isn’t a side path in my practice… it is the path. Every torn edge
Thrilled that these two pieces ended up with same  collector. They were part of a series that included boat imagery, bags and portals.
I have more at my website ! 12x12  oil on panel
#artcollector #collectart #artforyourhome #oilandcoldwaxpainting #c
New Frontier 12x12ish acrylic, paper, thread, on cardboard mounted on panel.

A new piece that feels like a map of where I’m heading — shaped, stitched, weathered, and opening toward what’s next. I’m letting the materials lead
Holiday Pop-Up Art Sale in Montclair!
I’ll be joining a wonderful group of local artists on Saturday, December 13th, 11–4pm at 202 Park Street, Montclair.
Enter through the gate — the studio is at the end of the driveway.

If you&rs
Line Holds Two Worlds

At the fold, two surfaces meet. The seam becomes both boundary and bridge — a quiet joining of what was once separate. These small repairs feel like the places where the work breathes. DM for info 
lisapressmanart #shapeo
Recovered Surface
Mixed media on shaped paper
A fragment lifted from the studio table — painted, abraded, and stitched back into wholeness. The surface carries traces of what’s been worn away and what’s been repaired, holding color
Picked up my work from Drawing Rooms in Jersey City today. Always wild how different the pieces feel once they’re out of the studio—the stitched, burned, layered surfaces catch the light in new ways. Grateful these paintings had time out
Motivating

100 WORKS returns this January!
If you’ve been feeling stuck, craving momentum, or wanting to reconnect with your studio practice, this is the class that gets you moving again.
We’ll experiment, explore, and evolve together th
I made this piece before traveling to Ghost Ranch — and only later realized I’d been remapping the colors, textures, and strata of that landscape from memory. The place changes every time I’m there, and somehow the work shifts with
Excited to have The Red Thread included in Not Set in Stone, juried by curator Mary Birmingham at Studio Montclair’s Leach Gallery. @curator_mcb 🙏 @studiomontclair 
641 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ.
Free parking is available at the Montclair