Lori Weisbart-Polson, submitted artwork
Lori Weisbart-Polson
Painting
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Lori is an award-winning artist whose work was selected by a Guggenheim Museum curator for a juried exhibit. Weisbart-Polson began painting and studying art at a young age. In her twenties she attended classes at the Art Students League in New York City and traveled through Southern France on painting workshops. Her artwork is in private collections and galleries across the country. Lori has a BA in Communications from The American University and an Associate Degree in Advertising Design from The Fashion Institute of Technology. Her true love is painting and drawing. In addition to enjoying fine art, Lori has been representing preeminent portrait painters for over twenty years. Clients include MIT, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell. The link to the art consulting site is: www.LoriPolson.com. Before becoming an agent, Lori was an art director for Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide in New York City. She has been featured in 201 Magazine and FIT's Hue Magazine. WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND? LPOLS2@AOL.COM Contact the studio for sales and pricing. www.LoriWeisbartArt.com All paintings can be commissioned in any size or color. Lori welcomes questions or ideas that you have. To see work in person visit Piermont Fine Arts Gallery, Piermont NY or book an appointment. For the entire inventory of paintings and drawings please visit www.LWeisbart.com
Works
Lori Weisbart-Polson, submitted artwork
I infuse thick, juicy, layered paint, energetic, sensual brush strokes, striking color combinations and graphic cropping in all of my work. Texture and the way in which paint and line land on a surface is important. I’m compelled to paint. Paintings must come out for me, almost like a sneeze. Rick Rubin said it best in his book The Creative Act, A Way of Being, "As artists, we aim to live in a way in which we see the extraordinary hidden in the seemingly mundane. Then challenge ourselves to share what we see in a way that allows others a glimpse of this remarkable beauty.” Some of my figurative and portraiture work reflect the “Instagram Generation” highlighting social media as a fixture in young adult life. Select pieces depict the new self-assured image of women and men and the next generation of empowerment. I may even poke fun at the self-absorbed posts. Humor is so important. My landscape and still life paintings evoke strong emotion. Not only are national state parks stunning but so are dirty dishes in a sink. I hope when the viewer walks away from seeing my paintings, they feel something, anything. Perhaps they will want to create themselves. The viewer may realize “this is it.” We only have one life, enjoy it, relish in the turmoil, the achievements, take it all in, no need to bypass life with all of its ups and downs. Let's be "awake" while living.
