Skip to Content
Lisa Pressman
Portfolio
About
Press
Biography
Online & In-Person Workshops
Mentoring
Instructional Videos
Library
Purchase
Contact
0
0
Lisa Pressman
Portfolio
About
Press
Biography
Online & In-Person Workshops
Mentoring
Instructional Videos
Library
Purchase
Contact
0
0
Portfolio
About
Press
Folder: Learn
Back
Biography
Online & In-Person Workshops
Mentoring
Instructional Videos
Library
Purchase
Contact
Words from Artist Paula Overbay
Artists Kelly Curtis 7/1/18 Artists Kelly Curtis 7/1/18

Words from Artist Paula Overbay

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

Stuart Shils Answers

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

Bonny Leibowitz answers

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

Peter Roux answers

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

Jeanne Heifetz Answers

Read More
Paul Bowen answers
Artists Kelly Curtis 10/1/17 Artists Kelly Curtis 10/1/17

Paul Bowen answers

Read More
Diane Englander
Artists Kelly Curtis 11/1/14 Artists Kelly Curtis 11/1/14

Diane Englander

Read More
Ian White Williams
Artists Kelly Curtis 7/4/14 Artists Kelly Curtis 7/4/14

Ian White Williams

Read More
Studio Visit with Matthew Langley
Artists Kelly Curtis 6/6/14 Artists Kelly Curtis 6/6/14

Studio Visit with Matthew Langley

Read More
On Titles: Julia Schwartz
Artists Kelly Curtis 4/12/14 Artists Kelly Curtis 4/12/14

On Titles: Julia Schwartz

Read More
How do you title your paintings? Revisited with  Karen Nielsen-Fried
Artists Kelly Curtis 2/1/14 Artists Kelly Curtis 2/1/14

How do you title your paintings? Revisited with Karen Nielsen-Fried

Read More
A Studio Visit with : Brenda Goodman
Artists Kelly Curtis 12/6/13 Artists Kelly Curtis 12/6/13

A Studio Visit with : Brenda Goodman

Read More
Marie Vickerilla
Artists Kelly Curtis 6/1/13 Artists Kelly Curtis 6/1/13

Marie Vickerilla

Read More
Alyson Pou: Wherein Fury Takes Flight… the time of our silence is over
Artists Kelly Curtis 2/1/13 Artists Kelly Curtis 2/1/13

Alyson Pou: Wherein Fury Takes Flight… the time of our silence is over

Read More
Fine Tuning
Artists Kelly Curtis 2/1/13 Artists Kelly Curtis 2/1/13

Fine Tuning

Read More
In good company 
In Pieces: Collages
APRIL 30 - JUNE 30, 2026

Kraushaar Galleries, 15 East 71 Street, New York, 2022

 @https://www.kraushaargalleries.com/exhibitions/in-pieces-collages#tab:thumbnails
Some new work @https://www.lisapressman.net/portfolio/shape-of-memory
Fragments, edges, and the space between them.

Working with what’s worn, altered, and still present.

Part of a new installation for an upcoming exhibition at Zürcher Gallery.

#100WomenOfSpiritPlus #abstractart #mixedmedia @@zurcher_galle
I love and am thankful for Rosy this morning!
A fragment.

Part of my new series called “Acts of Small Repair.”

Painted and printed papers—torn, burned, and reassembled. Thread moves between structure and mark, holding while also revealing.

Not repaired to hide damage, but to
Spring 
Encaustic
48x36
2021
It is packed and ready to go to a new collector 

An earlier encaustic painting.
Revisiting it, I can see the beginnings of what I’m working through now—
layering, holding, fragments finding structure.

abstra
This image emerged slowly—through building, scraping, and reworking the surface.
A figure appeared, not planned, but uncovered.
It feels less like painting and more like excavation Trace(Emergence) 36 x 24 Oil and Mixed Media on panel 2026 @zur
I saw work yesterday that stayed with me.

Not as influence—but as recognition.

The way the surface could hold structure and still feel in motion—
not fixed to the wall, but shifting in space.

It clarified something I’ve been work
Torn, folded, stitched.

Not building an image—
holding a surface together. 

#stiching #artprocess #artonpaper
I’ve been looking back at some of my early sculptural work.

Not out of nostalgia—but curiosity.

Because something unexpected is happening.

The work I’m making now—the fragments, stitched elements, burned edges, pieces that