Lissa Abrams

About the Artist

Juried Artist: Group Show, Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association (MAPAPA), “Small Works”, Artists’ Emporium, Havre De Grace, June 2018, June 2019 Juried Artist: Group Show, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Winter Member Show, 2020, Maryland, Small Works, 2018, Lowe House Gallery Show Exhibition, 2017, Fall Member Show 2016,  Juried Artist: Group Show, Interfaith Gallery, “As Seasons Turn”, Columbia, MD, May 2017 to July, 2017 Juried Artist: Group Show, Cuba 2016, Crystal Moll Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2016 Juried Artist: Group Show, Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association (MAPAPA), Cityscape Exhibit, Peale Center, Baltimore MD, October 2015 Juried Artist: 10th Anniversary Show, Crystal Moll Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2020 Juried Artist: Group Show, Summer Plein Air, Crystal Moll Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2014, 2015,2016, 2017,2018, 2019 Juried Artist: Group Show, Celebration of the Arts - Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, MD, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 Juried Artist: Plein Air West Reading, west Reading, PA. 2021,2022, Juried Artist: Paint Annapolis, Annapolis, MD, 2022 Juried Artist: Mountain Maryland Plein Air Competition, Cumberland, Maryland, 2018 Juried Artist: Harford County Plein Air Competition, Bel Air, Maryland, 2015,2017,2022 Juried Artist: Long Beach Island Plein Air Plus, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, 2017,2018 Juried Artist: Solomons Plein Air Festival, Solomons, Maryland, 2012,2013, 2014             Award: Third Place, Quick Draw, 2013 Juried Artist: Plein Air Brandywine Valley, Wilmington, Delaware, October 2012, 2013, 2014,2017, 2018,2019, 2022 Juried Artist: Paint It Ellicott City, Ellicott City, Maryland, July 2013, 2014, 2015,2016,2017             Award: Honorable Mention, 2015 Juried Artist Exhibitor - Art Outside, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2013, 2014, 2015 Solo Exhibition -  Village Café, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2019 Solo Exhibition - Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, Maryland, 2016 Solo Exhibition  - Atwater’s Café – Towson, Maryland, January 2015 Solo Exhibition  - Atwater’s Café –Catonsville, Maryland, January 2015 Solo Exhibition  - Tavern on the Hill, Baltimore Maryland, September 2013 Solo Exhibition - Bean Hollow Coffee Shop, Ellicott City, Maryland, October 2011 Group Exhibition - Pearl Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, January 2015 – present Group Show – The Morton Street Group, Alchemy Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2017 Group Show – Gordon Center, Jewish Community Center, Owings Mills, Maryland, April 2017 Group Show – Hampton Mansion, Baltimore, Maryland October 2015 Group Show - Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, January 2013, September 2019 Group Show - Art Underground Gallery, Baltimore Maryland, December 2012 Participant Artist –Barnstormers, Frederick, Maryland, June 2016 Award: Best of Show, 2018, 2019 Participant Artist- Crisfield Plein Air, Crisfield Maryland, May 2018, 2019, Participant Artist - “Paint the Town”, Chestertown, Maryland, 2013, 2014, 2018 Participant Artist - “Paint Snow Hill”, Snow Hill, Maryland, April 2013, 2014, 2015,2016, 2017 Participant Artist- “ Artists Paint Ocean City”, Ocean City, Maryland, August 2013, 2017,2018, 2019             Award: Honorable Mention, 2013 Participant Artist- “Publishers Invitational –Paint the Adirondacks” Paul Smith, New York, June 2013, 2014, 2015 Participant Artist –“Publishers Invitational –Paint Cuba”, Havana, Cuba, February 2016 Participant Artist – “Publishers Invitational -Fall Color Week”, Acadia National Park, Maine, 2016 Judge: Harford Artists Gallery, “Pictures of An Exhibition”, September 20, 2015 Judge: Cecil County Arts Council, Member Show, October 2018 Education Tufts University, Bachelors of Science, Occupational Therapy, Medford, Massachusetts, January, 1977 Syracuse University, Summer Study, Fine Arts, Florence, Italy, July 1974 Maryland Institute College of Art, Continuing Studies -Studio Art Courses, Baltimore, Maryland, 1970 to 2001 Mitchell School of Art, Painting Classes, Baltimore, Maryland, 2008 – 2010 Michael Chesley Johnson, Plein Air Workshops, New Hampshire, 2009, Campobello Island, Canada, 2010, Towson Maryland, 2013, Sedona Arizona, 2014, Sante Fe, New Mexico, 2015 Paul Moscatt, Professor Emeritus, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Painting Instructor, Classes in Landscape Painting and Figure Painting, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2011 to present Lisa Mitchell, Plein Air, Zoll Art Studio, Lutherville, Maryland, 2016 –2017 Bethanne Kinsella Cople,  Plein Air Workshops, 2016 -present  

Artist's Statement

Painting is my passion. I tend to be a representational painter and focus on the human figure and the landscape. Primarily, I paint, en plein air (outdoors), in Baltimore City, throughout Maryland’s beautiful countryside, the coast, and at many other captivating locations across the country and beyond. When painting, I enjoy capturing the light at various times of the day through the use of bold colors. Oil paints are my preferred medium. I use a combination of palette knife and brushwork. That enables me to create texture and depth in my paintings. Interpreting the mystique of the landscape and human figure on canvas is an exciting and wonderful challenge. I completely immerse myself in my painting. The texture and smells of oil paint provide the perfect medium to explore our environment. Painting outdoors affords me the opportunity to capture a piece of history and nature’s bounty. Each painting brings a new opportunity for growth and learning.