Mary Lesser
C W O S ARTIST
Other media: Printmaking
Erector Square Bldg 2
315 Peck St., Bldg 2, 1st Fl.
studio G
New Haven, CT 06513
Phone: 203 500 4993
Neighborhood : New Haven: Erector Square
Email: mhlesser (at) comcast (dot) net
Website: http://marylesser.com
Artist Statement
I paint in oil and acrylic. I also make prints. My work is mostly figurative and emotionally provocative. While I am clearly interested in storytelling, I hope to make the work sufficiently mysterious that viewers will be inspired to develop their own stories about the images I also create abstract work most of which reflects my interest in science and contains scientific formulae
I have been working for several years in a print series entitled “Immigrant Stories.” . Most of the pieces are made by printing multiple layers on top of each other. Colors become blended and enriched and images become less obvious. This lengthy process reflects the multiple layers of people's lives and the many years it takes to make a complete biography. The photographic images are actually prints done in various ways, using my computer etching plates or lithographic processes.
My recent painting concerns displaced persons. Some contain layers of collage pieces combined with acrylic paint.
Selected Works
|  hoers tapestry - 2008 - print - 24x38  first generation - 2006 - print - 20x28  sisters - 2008 - print - 20x20  dignity - 2008 - print - 16x16  syrian rug - 2008 - print - 24x38  science lesson-mesh - 2007 - print - 16x16  science lesson-falling circles - 2007 - print - 17x17  science lesson-metric - 2006 - print - 17x14  Are we there - 2010 - acrylic and collage - 22x30"  sisters - 2010 - acrylic on canvas - 2'x3'  where are we going? - 2010 - acrylic and collage on paper - 22x30"  hidden women - 2010 - acrylic on canvas - 14"x14"  facing forward - 2010 - acrylic on canvas - 2'x3' |
