Lisa Kowalski is not afraid to paint. With bold, fluid brush strokes and a minimal style, her paintings have a childlike freedom and a sophisticated spontaneity. Her dynamic oil paintings are infused with creative energy, an intuitive sense of color, and an innate understanding of composition. Reminiscent of the Abstract Expressionism movement of the 1940s and beyond, Kowalski unleashes the creativity of her unconscious mind through the impulsive quality of her approach, therefore making the process just as important as the painting itself. She paints what she feels, capturing the essence of herself and all she has absorbed in the world, displaying it on the canvas or board in the form of uncalculated marks, rich textures, and games of positive and negative space.Lisa received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1988 from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Lisa Kowalski's studio is located in Aptos, California."There is an unmitigated spontaneity driven by emotive forces, reacting intuitively, relying on chance and making arbitrary choices. The works are not meant to be narrative. I am in love with everything about the act of painting; the smell, the lushness of oil paint, color." -L Kowalski