Ingrid Lustig

About Ingrid Lustig

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The High Desert region of Oregon is my place. Raptors, coyotes, wolves, long open spaces, and gritty sage. All my work comes from this land.

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When we see a hawk soaring or a coyote disappearing into brush, most of us are thrilled – in that moment we feel awestruck by our primal connection to the wild. This fleeting sense of wildness is what I want in my work.

 

Painting is a visual language. When I speak in this language, I paint loosely and quickly. Happily I use accidents and instant inspirations to build up layers and create relationships between color, strokes, and shapes to create an image. This keeps energy moving – a metaphor for the energy of the animal – even though the painting can only reflect a moment.