Lisa Pressman’s paintings are an exploration of memory, materiality, and transformation, where layers of history accumulate through an intuitive process. Working with encaustic, oil, cold wax, and mixed media, she scrapes, burns, and reworks surfaces, allowing each mark—whether buried or exposed—to hold the weight of experience. Her paintings evoke the passage of time, revealing the delicate balance between presence and absence.

For more than four decades, l has expanded the language of abstraction, drawn to how materials serve as conduits for emotion and personal history. She embraces a tactile approach—sewing into canvas, carving into clay, and incising into wax. What was once solid is reshaped, what is obscured may resurface. Her works resemble aged manuscripts, fragmented maps, or artifacts holding traces of meaning just beyond reach.. Read more…