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A Rare Glimpse

Mammie's Window

Mammie’s Window

This home belonged to my great-grandmother in Kentucky, and has been vacant since her death in 1963. It is still in the family, slowly being overgrown by trees and deteriorating. Peering through the window, you might catch a rare glimpse of the past, as time has stood still.

Mammie’s Window is one of two entries I have in the juried exhibition “Rare Glimpse,” held by Arts DuPage, which takes place in the newly renovated space at North Central College’s Oesterle Library.

My other piece in Rare Glimpse is “Hello in There,” which appeared in multiple exhibitions in 2020. You can view this artwork and the story behind it at https://aurora.edu/museum/virtual-experiences/online-exhibits/lisa-youngdahl.html

The Rare Glimpse Exhibition will be held March 27 – May 5, 2023 at the Oesterle Library, North Central College, located at 320 School Street, Naperville, IL 60540. There is an artists reception on March 30, 5:00 – 7:30 pm.

 

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It’s Black Friday. Buy Art!

Colored Pencil grapes with sunlight
Distilled Sunlight

I’ve never been a Black Friday shopper. The idea of getting up at dawn, standing in line in the cold, and fighting the crowds has never appealed to me. Instead it was a day devoted to creating art. This would usually result in a drawing I would use for my Christmas cards, or perhaps a gift item. In 2020 we all want to avoid the crowds. Stay home and create. Or, if you still want to shop, buy some art! For yourself or a gift for someone who would appreciate a one of a kind creation.

There are two places online where you can find my art. The Woman Made Gallery Small Works show runs December 10 – 20, with all work priced $300 and under. I have three original works, each 6″ x 6.” You can view my work at https://womanmade.org/artwork/lisa-youngdahl-3/ The sale does not start until December 10.

First Snow

If you’d rather purchase a print, you’ll find a variety of reasonably priced archival quality giclee prints of my original colored pencil drawings on 100% rag, acid free paper at my Etsy site, https://www.etsy.com/shop/LisaYoungdahlArt. Free ground shipping is provided.

If you’d like a gift for someone very special, have you considered a commission? For a quote, please contact me at Lisa@lsydesign.com

#coloredpencil #giclee #originalart

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Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump

Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump
Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump

I am thrilled to be included in Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump, a new book of 142 artists using their talents to protest the presidency of Donald Trump, and everything that has went with it.

“Words and Deeds” (see below) was created over a year ago, and included in the “Dump Trump” exhibition at Stola Contemporary Art in Chicago in January 2020. In my description of my art, I wrote “Clothes are the appearance we present to the world of how we wish to be perceived. In Trump’s outward appearance, he may appear presidential. But through his words and actions, we have a transparent view of the real person. Despite the fact Trump has not shown transparency in his conflicts of interest, both financial and ethical, his words and actions give us a transparent view of the type of the real person.”

The Best Words, artwork by Lisa Youngdahl from Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump
The Best Words, artwork by Lisa Youngdahl updated for 2020

A couple of months later this country found itself in a pandemic, and as 2020 continued in a downward spiral, I found I needed to update my art. In “The Best Words,” the background is made of Trump-isms, reflecting his response to Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement. The flag is shown upside down, to show how our nation is in distress.

Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump is a collection of “art as activism” was written by Karen Gutfreund and is available on Amazon.

Words and Deeds art by Lisa Youngdahl shown in Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump
The original Words and Deeds by Lisa Youngdahl

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Fox Valley Special Recreation Mural

Lisa Youngdahl, with mural created for Fox Valley Special Recreation Foundation

July 23 was the unveiling of my mural for Fox Valley Special Recreation Foundation. I am one of ten local artists selected to pair with ten local nonprofit agencies to create outdoor, public art murals that illustrate the programs and services that nonprofits offers to the community.  The original will hang in the non profit’s headquarters, and a large scale print will be part of a permanent display outdoors on Water St in Batavia. The Activate the Alley pARTnership project is in honor of Water Street Studios’ 10 Year Anniversary. This work is mixed media; acrylic and colored pencil. I am so proud to have been selected, and with the client’s reaction: 

“I LOVE this!!! It turned out perfect.” 

Unveiling of Fox Valley Special Recreation Foundation Mural, created by Lisa Youngdahl, artist