Lisa Hess Hesselgrave

Handsome by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave
"My newest work uses bright, bold color, and active surface markings, to depict minimal landscape abstractions or ordinary still life objects. While I experiment with methods and materials, I try to preserve the essential — drawing which is simultaneously expressive and descriptive; subjects which are compelling; and color, which is both emotive and precise." - 2023

Lisa Hess Hesselgrave

Lisa Hess Hesslegrave was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  She earned an MFA degree from Yale University School of Art and a BFA degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  Her work has been exhibited through out the greater northeast, primarily Connecticut and NYC.  She has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the Millay Colony for the Arts, and the Seaside Institute in Florida.  In addition to her studio practice, she has taught drawing, painting, color theory and 2D design at several colleges including the State University of New York, Purchase, the University of Connecticut and Fairfield University.  She continues to do work that experiments, evolves, and pushes boundaries, while maintaining a disciplined adherence to craft and a pursuit of personal content.

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