Lisa Ackerman Lisa Ackerman (a.k.a. LANA) grew up in Pasadena, CA where she studied art at an early age, always encouraged by her mother whom was an artist and had a successful career as a fashion illustrator. Lisa moved to New York after high school where she attended the Art Student's League and studied the great masters' work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After a few years she moved back to California where she received her degree for Two-Dimentional Art. She has created numerous portrait commissions and conceptual, realistic paintings for various shows, and sculpted anatomy models for artists and students. Currently she is a practicing oil painted and photographer. She works out of Astoria, Oregon, where she is inspired by the rich green landscapes and influential art community. The paintings currently showing at Redhare have been lovingly and loboriously brought to you by using the time-honored, disciplined techniques of oil painting. I start the process off with the rub out technique, also known as the Imprimatura, where one coats the canvas with a homogenous application of thinned down oil paint and rubs out the areas that are lightest in value. once this is dry, the Underpainting stage is begun, where the basic colors or the monochromatic palette is used. These values are laid out using opaque colors. When this is dry, and sometimes sanded down if there is unwanted texture, more Underpainting layers can be applied with additional detail. Each painting is different and will have seperate needs. When it feels right, a final Overpainting is applied in which the paint is the most viscous and has the most oil. A wider range of colors (including transparent colors) may be used. Glazes can be applied at this stage, where the artist will sometimes use unmixed pure color with much medium and the color acts as a filter over the preexisting layers. That gives the painting a striking glow. The painting must then be allowed to dry for at least a few months and then finally a coating of kamar varnish is applied to give the colors the richest most saturated appearance. Lisa Ackerman's Artwork at Redhare Back From The Beach Choose Your Path Dialog Leap of Fate Mermaid Serenade Path to Creativity Sweet Peace Breakthrough Vase To Be Filled Artist's Web Site: www.myspace.com/lanasartspace Top    |   Back    |   Home