Lisa Peterson Love

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You may already be a friend or maybe a potential new friend, a business contact, an art lover or perhaps you just landed on this site by chance.

This blog will serve as a canvas for my passions…primarly ART. I will be sharing new projects that I am working on and talk about my inspiration behind them.

Through my artwork I hope to inspire people to see the magic, the fire within, to look beyond and ask the questions, to ponder life.

Enjoy!

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In the Sedona Newspaper this Week ...

Herberger Theater Center presents Special Exhibit at University Club of Phoenix

I am excited to share about my next art show!! Take a look at the press release below. These are the three pieces of my latest artwork that got into this special exhibit.

PHOENIX – The Herberger Theater Center is pleased to announce a special summer exhibition, The Poetry of Arizona’s Landscape, at the University Club of Phoenix, 39 East Monte Vista Road in Phoenix.

The opening reception will start things off on First Friday, June 3, 2011, 5:30-7pm. Works will be on display throughout the historic 1917 residence-turned-club through August 11, 2011.

The Poetry of Arizona’s Landscape represents many interpretations of Arizona’s unique terrain. Members of the local art community juried the show, including Herberger Theater’s 2011 guest curator Jim Covarrubias. The jury viewed approximately 300 images and chose the 38 pieces for the exhibit. More than 39 artists from across the state submitted artwork, from which 17 artists were selected, including Jill Friedberg, Kimberly Harris, Maggie Keane, Leslie Parsons, Lisa Peterson Love, Luis Salazar and Dave Wilson.

All are welcome to the June 3rd artists’ reception, which is open to the public. Music by String Serenade. Gallery hours at the University Club of Phoenix are 9 to 11am and 1 to 5pm.

The Herberger Theater Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and foster the growth of the performing arts in Phoenix as the premier performance venue, incubator and advocate.

For more information, visit www.herbergertheater.org or call 602-254-7399 x117.

You Decide. 1 Painting, 3 Outcomes.

When do you play it safe, take it to the next level or push past it?  Pushing past it may be seen as a bit extreme to some, while to others it is a simple choice.  A natural part of every day life. 

I am asking for your help. Let me know which painting option you think I should move forward with. Which one resonates with you?

As an artist, I start with an initial concept, direction or inspiration.  Once I begin it may lead me to places unknown.  As with life, there are twists and turns.  We may not know where a particular choice will ultimately lead us.  When I am painting, there comes a point in which I step back and all is right.  It feels good.  It’s complete. Then a question arises, is this painting complete or should I…

Here’s where you come in...

Painting Option 1 (Conceptual Direction – Life in motion, it’s all here now):  This is a quick photograph of a painting I just completed…or is it really complete?

Painting Option 2 (Conceptual Direction – Life in motion, changes taking flight): This is a sketch over the existing painting that is pushing it to the next level.

Painting Option 3 (Conceptual Direction – Life in motion, the intermingling technology and art. Where will it lead us?):  This is a sketch over the existing painting that pushes it to the extreme.

Are we ever complete?  Which option do you think I should move forward with?

New Art Series: Sedona – A Piece of Heaven

Sedona really is a piece of heaven! For those who have spent any time here, I’m sure you would agree. I remember years ago visiting Sedona for the first time. Drinking in the majestic beauty of the red rocks and dreaming of that moment that it would be great to live here. 

Now, here I am! I am very grateful to live in such a beautiful place surrounded in nature. I feel like I am on a perpetual vacation, living in a sanctuary, in my retreat home overlooking Cathedral Rock. One of my favorite things to do here is to go on a morning walk with my dog Sam, an energetic mix of lab and cattle dog. Every morning he does his happy dance as I grab the leash to head out. Every morning I am inspired by the peace, tranquility and the gentle sounds of nature enveloped by the beauty of the red rocks. Every morning I am inspired with new ideas.

One of these morning walks gave rise to a new mixed media collection of artwork that I am finishing work on. It all started as I felt a calling and looked up the hillside, a large exposed gnarled root came into my focus. I carefully climbed up the steep hill and picked it up. It was a fabulous piece of wood, an art form in and of itself. At the time, I had no idea what I as going to do with it. I slid down the hill and continued on my walk. A few weeks later after a heavy rain, I crossed a wash area and an old piece of rusted metal in the water caught my eye. Again, I picked it up and continued happily on my way. 

Then one morning it all came together through being in-touch and taking the inspired action when it presented itself. This collection of artwork marries my mystical photographs of Sedona with the recycling of nature and found man-made materials, now turned vintage.

 
As visitors to Sedona gaze at the monumental beauty the area offers, I often hear them say, “I wish I could take this home with me”, now they can!

Four selections of the “Sedona – A Piece of Heaven” collection will be unveiled on March 18th, 2011 at the Pueblo Sedona Gallery. A larger exhibit of this collection will be announced at a later date.

Pueblo Sedona Gallery • phone 928-203-0554 • Creekside Plaza, 251 State Route 179, Suite B-9, Sedona, AZ 86336

ARTWORK DETAILS:

• Collection: Sedona – A Piece of Heaven
• Artist: Lisa Peterson Love
  
• Title: Cathedral Rising
• Mixed Media / Found Art
• Size: 23"w x 13"h
• Materials: Native Arizona root, leather, found vintage rusted metal and photographic image* on archival watercolor paper

 

Now you can take a piece of Sedona home with you!

 

* Photographic images capture a mystical moment in Sedona.

 

Exhibit and Talk on Intuitive Energy Photography by Artist Lisa Peterson Love

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 24, 2011

 

Capturing Energy Fields in Fine Art Photography

Opening at Pueblo Sedona Gallery

 

Who:    Artist Lisa Peterson Love

What:   Exhibit & Talk on Intuitive Energy Fine Art

When:  Opening Reception & Talk – Saturday, March 19th from 5-7pm. Show runs from March 18th to March 27th

Where: Pueblo Sedona Gallery, Sedona, AZ. Creekside Plaza, 251 State Route 179, Suite B-9. (1 block south of SR 89A, next to Ken’s Creekside Restaurant)

 

Media Contact:  Debbi Menig / Pueblo Sedona Gallery / debbi@gquotskuyva.com / (928) 203-0554

 

 

Sedona, AZ – “Follow your feeling into another dimension and capture it photographically.”  That process is at the heart of the fine art photography of Lisa Peterson Love, a Sedona-based artist, who has taken conventional methods of photography one-step further.

On March 19th, 2011, Pueblo Sedona Gallery will present the fine art photography of Ms. Peterson Love at an art opening from 5 to 7 p.m.  Her photography combines an experienced artist’s eye with shapes from an energy field that cannot be seen with the naked eye but can be captured photographically.  The results expertly blend the visual images of the environment with images of energy fields.  At the opening reception, Lisa will give an informative talk at 5:30 p.m. about this unique art form and her process.  She will share how she became interested in Intuitive Energy Photography and the inspiration behind some of her individual pieces.

“I investigated this type of photography after seeing the film, ‘What the Bleep?’.  The principles of energy in the film intrigued me.  I wanted to explore how I could incorporate them in my fine art photography.” says Peterson Love.  “Those who purchase my art seem to connect at a strong visceral level to the images.  Recently, a woman in her seventies purchased one of my photographs and told me that it was because it made her feel like ‘she belonged’.”

In Ms. Peterson Love’s photographs, glowing orbs of light, radiant mists and colorful shafts of light appear naturally in environments that range from the gritty streets of Chicago at night to the natural landscapes of the red rocks of Sedona.  “None of my energy field photographs have been manipulated”, says Ms. Peterson Love.  “The images you see were captured in one shot.”

“We are thrilled to feature Lisa’s work in our gallery.  When we initially saw her photography, we felt that her work was connected to spirit and that it would fit in well with the other pieces in the gallery”, say gallery owners Gerry Quotskuyva and Debbi Menig.  “Our future plans for the gallery involve new directions and Lisa’s photography falls into our vision very well.”

The public is cordially invited to meet Lisa and hear her presentation on Saturday, March 19th from 5-7p.m.  This special showing will run from March 18th through March 27th.  Pueblo Sedona Gallery, open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., is located in Creekside Plaza, at 251 State Route 179, one block south of SR 89A next to Ken’s Creekside Restaurant.  For more information on the gallery and the opening, please contact Pueblo Sedona Gallery at (928) 203-0554.

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Transcending

Here I am in my 6’x6’ studio space, caught in the act of creating this new painting. 

The painting is all about evolution.  It started out as one painting, then transformed into another painting, finally evolving into the third painting you see here.

 

The feeling and emotion behind this painting is that of the human journey.  Operating first from a mode of survival and finding the way to love and the golden light.  The colors emulate that journey blending from black, to hues of violet, blue, green, yellow and finally flowing into golden metallic. 

The title of the painting is, “Transcending” and it is 25.5” wide x 37.5” high.

 

Enjoy!

Recycling Works In Love’s New Polarity Art Series

Recycling Works In Love’s New Polarity Art Series.

"Go West" project submitted to Arizona Commission on the Arts

...and so it begins.

Toward the end of 2010 I was reading up on my friend Scott Baxter's photographic project, 100 years 100 ranchers. The photography is absolutely beautiful and his passion comes through in each image. Scott's project really resonated with me and before I knew it I was submitting a grant proposal to the Arizona Commission on the Arts to receive funding to support my new visual art project. It was a quick turnaround on the grant submission. Barely 2 weeks from start to finish to meet the deadline, but phew, I made it!

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

Celebrating Arizona Ranching Women with a recycled twist on Cowboy Art. I will create a modern interpretation through the use of mixed media of the early ranching families who settled Arizona. A visual story will be told through the eyes of the women. The art pieces will reveal the life of the ranching woman and her love, passion and commitment to her family, community and most importantly the land.

With this visual art series, I am incorporating by personal passion for nature, art and sharing women's life stories. I am not sure where this project will lead me, but what I do know is that I am following my heart.

 

... Look for more to come. I have already met with Wink at the X Diamond Ranch near Greer, Arizona. Not only do I have a wonderful story, but I also have some great concepts for my visual art series. The use of new mediums are unfolding!

Celebrate Life

“Celebrating Life” is the vision behind my new painting. To me, this vision came by ways of the divine. In the twilight of the morning, on November 26, I received what I like to call incoming “or” morning visualization. It was a crystal clear graphic image I saw in great detail. It was a grid-like pattern with a particular swirling image of a shell repeated in that grid. My first thought “WOW!”  I quickly grabbed the journal I keep by my bedside and sketched it out.

 

 

My thinking or rational mind wants to figure out the meaning behind this morning visualization. Again, my mind starts to wonder… it could mean this, it could be that, and ya’ know I have wanted to take a vacation to Kauai.

Flash-forward a week, it is December 4^th and I am on my way to celebrate the life of Ellen Stewart, a colleague and friend. I am listening to an Abraham-Hicks CD that a friend just gave me the day before. It is a beautiful day. Going head-to-head with the driver beside me, I am racing down 89A. I glance over at the other driver…I know her! We are heading southwest from Sedona to Cottonwood. We have the same destination. I hear the message coming across the CD player “there is no death, only life…. we are all energy and in death we are only returned to that “pure” life energy we call source”. Wow, how perfect!

I walk into the reception hall and quickly notice the centerpieces on the table, beautiful flowers and seashells scattered about. First thought, “Looks Great! Just wonderful.”  Jennifer and I had bounced around some ideas for the centerpieces a week prior. Come to find out, each shell was hand selected and collected by Ellen. Later, as I mingle with former colleagues and friends I notice someone holding some of the shells in their hand. At that moment, it hits me like a ton of bricks, this in my morning visualization. These are the shells!  I quickly start walking from table to table glancing at the shells, looking for one that matches what I visualized in the wee hours of the morning just a week before. The first one I pick up… a match! Ahhhh!! There is knowingness deep inside, I am creating a painting and following this divine inspiration.

“Celebrate Life” - my vision behind this painting is to commemorate; celebrating life, celebrating the moment, celebrating inspired action, celebrating the lives we touch, celebrating Ellen.

 

Namaste.

 

* If you would like an 8x10 print of the paintings “Celebrate Life” just send me a quick email with your contact information, how you knew Ellen Stewart and one sentence on how she touched your life.

Polarity Recycled

The Polarity Recycled series was inspired by the polarity we face in our daily lives. These positive and negative situations help us to fine tune or to decide what we want to experience on a day-to-day basis. At every moment, we have the opportunity to choose how we react to events or situations. This polarity defines us and affects how we interact with the world around us.

 

The Polarity Recycled mixed media series has been created with found and recycled items that I picked up on daily walks around Sedona. Hidden meaning is woven throughout the artwork to inspire greater thinking beyond what you see. Deer live side-by-side with us here in Sedona, this imagery was used as a metaphor. Sedona is known for its magnificent beauty, red rocks, spiritual nature and vortex energy. This higher energy vibration tends to bring up thoughts, feelings or things we may need to look at within us on a higher spiritual level.

The feeling of fear versus the feeling of trust, when either feeling comes up within us, at that moment we have a split second to choose which one we will embrace. Inner fear can be switched to an inner knowingness or trust in an instant by changing our thinking about it. Feeling trapped by a situation or breaking through that situation can both be embraced by our thinking. We all have the choice to choose how we feel, how we act and how we respond. How will you choose?

 

DETAIL ON INDIVIDUAL ART PIECES:

 

Polarity Recycled: Inner Fear - Mixed Media / Found Art (28.5"x28.5")

Image - Acrylic on plywood, acrylic on rusted metal, vintage car ashtray with beer cap and matches, twig and metal number symbolizing success. Frame - Property stakes, cartridge casings.




Polarity Recycled: Knowing Trust - Mixed Media / Found Art (28.5"x28.5")

Image - Acrylic on plywood, acrylic on rusted metal, metal washers with window screen and metal number symbolizing harmony. Frame - Property stakes.

Polarity Recycled: Feeling Trapped - Mixed Media / Found Art (28.5"x28.5")

Image - Acrylic on plywood, acrylic on rusted metal, barbed wire and metal number symbolizing crossroads. Frame - Property stakes and metal.



Polarity Recycled: Breaking Through - Mixed Media / Found Art (28.5"x28.5")

Image - Acrylic on plywood, rustic shot up sign and metal number symbolizing accomplishment. Frame - Property stakes with circles incorporating the basic elements of spirit. (north-air, south-water, west-earth, east-fire)

 

*There are many books and blogs available to learn more on the meaning of colors, numbers and the elements.