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Phoenix Rising: Lisa Rasmussen
Phoenix Rising
Lyrically abstract, this piece engages the intimacy of the paint and light and poetic use of color that I associate with renewal and re-birth. Sensuous and optimistic, this work suggests that everything is moving as it should and invites the viewer to relax and enjoy the flow of things.
- Mike Grady, Curator of Phoenix Rising: Alchemy & Rebirth
Acrylic on canvas
10”x24”
$666
Lisa Rasmussen | Artist Statement
(thin places) an exploration of the in between or betwixt
My personal quest is to reunite art and the spirit. Akin to the alchemist’s work, which is the transformation of gross material into spiritual substance, I see my art as artifacts of my ever-transforming consciousness.
My art and its process represent a humble quest to resurrect divination in my personal journey and into the community at large. As an artist my work gives the viewer a personal glimpse of my internal revelations. While creating I become a shamanic cave painter, an archeologist, an alchemist, and sorceress.
I speak of divination in its broadest sense, meaning that through my art and process I find myself in a continuum of discovering the unknown within myself and in the world that I live in. The motives and impulses behind my creative process are my shamanistic belief that through the process of creation, I align with dynamism and the divinity that is animated in all of life. Like Tibetan art, which symbolically describes levels of awareness, I intuitively explore the three levels of sacred art in my work: the outer, the inner, and the secret—-The outer being the physical object; the inner being the ritual that occurs during my art making; and the secret, where through the process of my creation and through my reflection on the finished work, the unknown becomes known.
Art is my personal ritual and teacher. While creating I employ my two mental allies, instinct and intuition, to create a composition of chaos and order. My allure with “thin places” has taken me to sacred sites around world and has also led me to explore transpersonal psychology and my own personal shadow through dream work and Jungian analysis. My art is a record of my deep interest in mysticism and the natural world, as well as a passageway into my own mythical inversion of reality. In essence it is my deep exploration into non-ordinary reality and the mysteries of the unknown.
Lisa Rasmussen | Artist Biography
Lisa Rasmussen is a painter, art advocate, environmental artist, and educator. She was born in Wisconsin and has her ancestral roots in Scandinavia and Ireland. Lisa comes from a working class family who has always supported her to follow her heart and her dreams to become an artist. Her late mother, Mickey, was Lisa’s Muse; she fostered in her the practice of art as being a form of expression and personal healing. Early on Lisa developed a thirst for travel and distant cultures. A key conceptual element of her artistic process is the study and travel to ancient cultures and sacred sites around the world. Some of her travel adventures include Nepal, Peru, Ireland and Brazil. She has also lived and taught English in the mountains of South China. She also studied antiquities, the art of the Renaissance, and ceramics in Florence, Italy.
Painting is a very visceral, physical, and metaphysical process. Rasmussen’s paintings have been called abstract expressionism, with a spiritual twist. Her paintings reflect her holistic worldview and her deep connection with the natural world. For Rasmussen, art making is a transcendental experience. When she paints, Rasmussen taps into a force greater than herself: a force that creates through her. Each painting is a product of her dance with divinity. Through her process she hopes to invoke in herself and the viewer a deeper connection to the world within and around us through reflection and inspiration.
Rasmussen was named “Graduate Student of the Year” during her MFA commencement exercises in recognition of the strength of her paintings and her use of her artistic gifts to transform the lives of victims of abuse. Rasmussen is the co-founder and co-director of the ArtCart and of Annual Art Break Day - the mission of both these projects is to empower individuals and communities through ART and its process.
Lisa is also the co-founder, Director, curator, and transformative arts facilitator at Art 4 All People: Sanctuary of Arts and Consciousness in Malibu. Art 4 All People believes that art is profoundly connected to personal and cultural transformation. We are an arts and consciousness gallery, workshop and retreat space that is located in an idyllic contemporary art beach house in Malibu - dedicated to building relationships among artists, collectors, and agents of change. Art 4 All is new-paradigm organization that believes art viewing, collecting, and creating should be a holistic and inviting experience, accessible to all people.
Rasmussen’s work has been featured in numerous media outlets and currently she shows in galleries in San Francisco and Malibu. Currently she lives in Santa Monica with her three cats.
Phoenix Rising: Lisa Rasmussen
Phoenix Rising
Lyrically abstract, this piece engages the intimacy of the paint and light and poetic use of color that I associate with renewal and re-birth. Sensuous and optimistic, this work suggests that everything is moving as it should and invites the viewer to relax and enjoy the flow of things.
- Mike Grady, Curator of Phoenix Rising: Alchemy & Rebirth
Acrylic on canvas
10”x24”
$666
Lisa Rasmussen | Artist Statement
(thin places) an exploration of the in between or betwixt
My personal quest is to reunite art and the spirit. Akin to the alchemist’s work, which is the transformation of gross material into spiritual substance, I see my art as artifacts of my ever-transforming consciousness.
My art and its process represent a humble quest to resurrect divination in my personal journey and into the community at large. As an artist my work gives the viewer a personal glimpse of my internal revelations. While creating I become a shamanic cave painter, an archeologist, an alchemist, and sorceress.
I speak of divination in its broadest sense, meaning that through my art and process I find myself in a continuum of discovering the unknown within myself and in the world that I live in. The motives and impulses behind my creative process are my shamanistic belief that through the process of creation, I align with dynamism and the divinity that is animated in all of life. Like Tibetan art, which symbolically describes levels of awareness, I intuitively explore the three levels of sacred art in my work: the outer, the inner, and the secret—-The outer being the physical object; the inner being the ritual that occurs during my art making; and the secret, where through the process of my creation and through my reflection on the finished work, the unknown becomes known.
Art is my personal ritual and teacher. While creating I employ my two mental allies, instinct and intuition, to create a composition of chaos and order. My allure with “thin places” has taken me to sacred sites around world and has also led me to explore transpersonal psychology and my own personal shadow through dream work and Jungian analysis. My art is a record of my deep interest in mysticism and the natural world, as well as a passageway into my own mythical inversion of reality. In essence it is my deep exploration into non-ordinary reality and the mysteries of the unknown.
Lisa Rasmussen | Artist Biography
Lisa Rasmussen is a painter, art advocate, environmental artist, and educator. She was born in Wisconsin and has her ancestral roots in Scandinavia and Ireland. Lisa comes from a working class family who has always supported her to follow her heart and her dreams to become an artist. Her late mother, Mickey, was Lisa’s Muse; she fostered in her the practice of art as being a form of expression and personal healing. Early on Lisa developed a thirst for travel and distant cultures. A key conceptual element of her artistic process is the study and travel to ancient cultures and sacred sites around the world. Some of her travel adventures include Nepal, Peru, Ireland and Brazil. She has also lived and taught English in the mountains of South China. She also studied antiquities, the art of the Renaissance, and ceramics in Florence, Italy.
Painting is a very visceral, physical, and metaphysical process. Rasmussen’s paintings have been called abstract expressionism, with a spiritual twist. Her paintings reflect her holistic worldview and her deep connection with the natural world. For Rasmussen, art making is a transcendental experience. When she paints, Rasmussen taps into a force greater than herself: a force that creates through her. Each painting is a product of her dance with divinity. Through her process she hopes to invoke in herself and the viewer a deeper connection to the world within and around us through reflection and inspiration.
Rasmussen was named “Graduate Student of the Year” during her MFA commencement exercises in recognition of the strength of her paintings and her use of her artistic gifts to transform the lives of victims of abuse. Rasmussen is the co-founder and co-director of the ArtCart and of Annual Art Break Day - the mission of both these projects is to empower individuals and communities through ART and its process.
Lisa is also the co-founder, Director, curator, and transformative arts facilitator at Art 4 All People: Sanctuary of Arts and Consciousness in Malibu. Art 4 All People believes that art is profoundly connected to personal and cultural transformation. We are an arts and consciousness gallery, workshop and retreat space that is located in an idyllic contemporary art beach house in Malibu - dedicated to building relationships among artists, collectors, and agents of change. Art 4 All is new-paradigm organization that believes art viewing, collecting, and creating should be a holistic and inviting experience, accessible to all people.
Rasmussen’s work has been featured in numerous media outlets and currently she shows in galleries in San Francisco and Malibu. Currently she lives in Santa Monica with her three cats.