Self-portrait in oil, Lieutenant River background, July, 2022

Artist Statement

Connecticut contemporary artist currently working in academic drawing & oil painting pulling from traditional figurative and portrait artists of the past and present.  Lisa has taken lessons with estabished artists for the last couple of years in academic drawing, figure and portrait work.  

“My work is a blend of the past and the present, combining old souls in contemporary visions.  Recent work combines traditional figurative and portrait work.  My work is always evolving.” ~ L.M.Sanders 

Artist Bio

L.M.Sanders began working in oils during the pandemic of 2020.  She has been a professional artist for 20 years working mainly in acrylics.  She became known for her loose impressionistic style, working mainly in figures wearing white dresses and almost always seen walking away from the viewer.   That style and composition resonated with collectors and during 2000 – 2007 she sold about 800 of them.  She has sold over 1,000 paintings to date. 

In 2012 she did start to exhibit her work again and you could find her work in local restaurants and shops. 

Lisa had formal training in high school. She went through the Norwich Free Academy art program and majored in art.  That was many years ago, she returned to her roots if you will, in 2020 and took plein air oil painting, landscape, and figure painting/drawing lessons. She has taken lessons with established artists, Hollis Dunlap, Jerry Weiss, Jack Montmeat, Diana Buitrago and Linda Marino.  

Lisa’s career has been in Human Resources and she holds an M.S. in Organizational Psychology. Her passion lies in the arts!

 She had several of her plein air paintings selected by the CT Plein Air Society in 2020 for a show and she had a solo show at Epicure Brewing in 2021.  She is looking forward to exhibiting her work starting in the Fall of 2022!