April 2025 Meeting

Lisa Hildebrand will be presenting on April 8th!

"I am Lisa Hildebrand and I am a Recovering Art Director. I started my career as a Graphic Designer and occasionally illustration before working up to Art Director. I worked for design studios, several publishing companies, numerous ad agencies and a few in-house marketing departments. My traditional design by hand transition to digital in 1987 making me a digital native. When I drove to the office seeing the beautiful cityscape I hoped of the day I could just paint. I then focused my interests of painting and received my BFA at the University of Utah in 2015. 
My design skills have directed me to ingrate them in my Art. Blending my best efforts of design to be included with my composition as if it were a design layout. So I paint the things I know, I use the tools I’m comfortable with, and paint without criticism.
The processes I use have start with the tools of my Grandfather who was a house painter by using of wall paint as he did. Grandpa was also a paperhanger that led me to try paper and paint chips applied to my art. Mixed Media and Collage allows me to describe planes, volume and a powerful color statement. With the reductive element of paint, the design can be seen as consequential occurring accidentally. I’ve added soft tones of paint to form a unique perspective of soft and hard edges. Adding character so the viewer will be compelled to ponder and not just see its representation but be reminded that it is controlled and deliberate."