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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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Older Posts
Found in a collector’s home. A vessel from the past. 
#LisaPressmanArt #OilAndColdWax #AbstractArt #MixedMediaPainting #ContemporaryAbstraction #PurseSeries #WhatWeCarried #VesselForm #ShapeOfMemory #MaterialExploration #ColorAndForm #ArtCollec
Coming up in July with a few spots left.
Welcome to the chaos (aka my studio).

I’ve been gaining some new followers lately (hi! πŸ‘‹), so I thought I’d open things up a bit—

Curious about my materials? Why I stitch, burn, or wrap things?
What it’s like to shift mediu
Pressed Memory
7.5 x 7.5 inches
Painted and printed papers on shaped cardboard, stitched and marked by hand.

This piece holds layers of gesture, texture, and time—now off to its new home.
Grateful to see the work continue its journey.

#Presse
Encoded Surface.  7x7.5 painted and printed papers on cardboard mounted on panel
I shaped this piece through tearing, layering, marking, and stitching—letting the surface hold what words can’t.
It’s a quiet record of presence, proce
Thinking about these not just as individual forms, but as part of a relationship — how placement makes space, how new shapes emerge in the in-between. What happens when things sit close, but not quite touching?

#mixedmediaart #contemporaryscul
Patina of a Memory
This piece holds traces of what was—scraped, layered, burned, and brought back. Memory doesn’t stay still. It shifts, fades, then returns.

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#PatinaOfAMemory #LisaPressmanArt #MixedMedia #AbstractArt #ContemporaryArt