Lisa Stauffer, PSA

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Artist’s Statement

I am fascinated by the interplay of light and color that I see in the beauty surrounding me and I work to capture the mood of those special moments in my paintings.  I choose to paint with soft pastel for the incredible richness and intensity of the color possibilities and textures I can create with them.  I am primarily an outdoor painter and pastel’s direct application allows for the immediacy demanded in plein air work.  I often use a watercolor underpainting as a setup for the pastel layers in my work, which adds the interplay of transparent and opaque mediums to the visual quality of the final piece.  I can be found painting all around town and far beyond.

Biography

Lisa Stauffer received her Master’s in Design (University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis) and studied Illustration at Parson’s School of Design (NYC).  She continues her education by taking workshops from nationally recognized painters whose work inspires her.  She has worked and taught in a wide variety of media, now primarily painting in soft pastel with a special focus on painting en plein air to indulge her fascination with light and color in Minnesota’s beautiful north shore landscape.  Lisa was just awarded Master Circle status by the International Association Of Pastel Societies in 2011. She was awarded the H.K. Holbein Award at the Pastel Society Of America Show at the National Arts Club in New York City, September 2010 and the Pastel Painters Of Cape Cod Award in 2012. Each of these years her painting was one of those chosen by the Director of the Butler Institute Of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, to travel to the exhibit American Pastels in the museum Dec-Jan. Lisa was juried into the Pastel Society Of America and awarded Signature status in 2012.

Lisa K. Stauffer, PSA

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                   Juried Exhibitions And Gallery Shows

Butler Institute Of American Art, Flora B. Giffuni Gallery of American Pastels, Invited Artist*, American Pastels Dec 2012-Jan 2013, Dec 2010- Jan 2011

Pastel Society Of America- For Pastels Only 38th Annual Juried Exhibition- September 2012* Pastel Painters Of Cape Cod Award, Juried in to Signature Membership, September 2010* HK Holbein Award

International Association Of Pastel Societies Juried Show- August 2012, Master Circle Invitational-June 2011, Jan. 2010, Fall 2009* Awarded Master Circle Status. Spring 2009* Honorable Mention, 2008, 2007, 2006

MidAmerica Pastel Society. National Juried Show-August 2010* MAPS Award, 2007

Elk River Area Arts Alliance National Juried Show- March 2012, 2011* Arts Alliance Award, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006* Honorable Mention, 2005

Red Wing Arts Association Plein Air Painting Competition, June 2012* Honorable Mention, 2011* Paint The Town Award, 2010*, Award Of Excellence, Artist's Choice Award

Peninsula Art School Door County, WI, Plein Air Painting Competition, Dockside Quick Paint July 2012* First Place, 2010*, Second Place Award

Grand Marais Art Colony Plein Air Painting Competition- September 2012* People's Choice Award, August 2011* People's Choice Award, August 2010* People's Choice Award,* Winner After Dark Competition, *2nd Place Pastel, August 2009* People’s Choice Award,* Johnson Foods Purchase Award,* Second Place, 2008* Judge, 2007* First Place Professional, * Winner- After Dark Competition, * Winner- Quick Paint Competition, 2006* Third Place Professional, * Winner- After Dark Competition, 2005

Duluth Art Institute- Outopia- The Perfect Landscape six painters invitational May-July 2009,  Arrowhead Biennial 2006,

Artists Del Norte- 2008* Award Of Excellence, 2006* Award Of Excellence, 2005

MacRostie Center For The Arts-  January 2012 Solo Exhibit, Annual Juried Show-2009* People’s Choice Award, 2008, 2007, 2006* People’s Choice Award 2D, 2005, 2004, 2003

Lake Country Pastel Society-2012* Second Place Award, 2011* Best In Show, 2010* Honorable Mention, 2009* Second Place Award, 2008, 2007* Honorable Mention, 2006 MN Landscape Arboretum, 2005 Edina Arts Center, 2004* Honorable Mention, 2003* Honorable Mention, 2002

Artists Of Minnesota-2012* Professional Honorable Mention, 2011* First Place Professional, 2010* Second Place Professional, First Place Mini, Creative Originality Mini, 2009* First Place Professional, Creative Originality Award, 1st Place Mini Competition 2008, 2007* 2nd Award Advanced Pastel, 2006* Merit Award Advanced Pastel, * Creative Originality Award Mini Competition, 2005* 2nd Award Advanced Pastel, 2004, 2003 * Merit Award Advanced Pastel

Lizzard’s Gallery-2010 July, One Woman Show, 2007 Spring Gallery Hop- Featured Painter, 2006    Spring Gallery Hop- Featured Painter, 2003 Fall Show- Featured Painter

Art Dock- Group Gallery Hop Show 2012-1994

Johnson Heritage Post- March 2012 New Work, July 2012 One Woman Show, July 2011 One Woman Show, 2003 “Stauffer, Steinke, Stauffer”

1666 Coffman, U of MN- 2009 Sept, 2006 August-Sept One Woman Show- Pastel Paintings

        Juried Exhibitions Of PALS- Plein Air Lake Superior

Group of three painters working at the same time and our group show entitled

 “One View- Three Visions”

ArtReach Alliance, Stillwater, MN 2010, August

National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, MN 2010 June-July

Phipp’s Center For The  Arts, Hudson, WI  2009 Dec-Jan

Arts Alliance Gallery, Elk River, MN  2009 May-June

AZ Gallery, St Paul, MN 2008 September

Crossings Gallery At Carnegie, Zumbrota, MN 2008 August

Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, MN 2008 June-July

Bloomington Center For The Arts, 2008 Feb-March

Phipp’s Center For The Arts, Hudson , WI 2007 March-May

Thrivent For Lutherans, Downtown Minneapolis, March 2005

Waterfront Artworks Gallery Hop 2005

                                       Affiliations

Lake Country Pastel Society- Minnesota’s Pastel Society 2002-present

Workshop Chair 2005-present

Elk River Area Arts Alliance 2005-present

Artists Of Minnesota 2004-present

Grand Marais Art Colony 1994- present

I will be teaching a one week plein air painting workshop at the Art Colony summer, 2008-present

I will be teaching Still Life In Pastel April, 2010-present,  Fall Colors in Pastel, October 2010-present 

Mid America Pastel Society 2007-present

                           Gallery Representation

Lizzard’s Gallery, Duluth, MN

Art Dock, Duluth, MN

Waters Of Superior, Duluth, MN