This show featured an assemblage of small oil paintings on the main wall depicting the 173-mile long Kansas River, from Kansas City, Missouri, to Junction City, Kansas. Multiple large paintings of the river were on view throughout the gallery as well.
The show opened Friday, November 2, 2018, 6 – 9 p.m. Grossman gave an Artist’s Talk on Saturday, December 1, at 2 p.m.
“In the Cottonwood Watershed,” was chosen as the winner of the 2018 Prairie Art Exhibition, and will be featured at the event’s auction on June 9, 2018. In addition, one hundred limited edition, signed and numbered prints will be available at the event, the online shop, or at the Symphony shop in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
In summer of 2017, Lisa was an artist-in-resident with the US Forest Service kayak rangers in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. The Voices of the Wilderness Program is modeled after the National Park’s AIR programs but pairs artists with wilderness specialists in the National Park Service, US Forest Service, or US Fish & Wildlife Service, in almost a dozen locations around Alaska. Lisa spent six days kayak camping in Endicott Arm Fjord with Ranger Chrissy, on her rounds monitoring campsites, noise and visual intrusions, wildlife, as well as boarding tour boats for educational talks. She came back with a wealth of photos, videos, paintings, a glimpse of what it takes to manage a place for “Wilderness Character,” and a whole new appreciation for ice!
Grossman was an artist-in-residence in Bandelier National Monument the first two weeks of October. Stay posted for updates on my projects and presentations about this fabulous experience.
Grossman was selected from 90 applicants to be an artist-in-residence with the U. S. Forest Service in Tracy Arm/Ford’s Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, roughly 50 miles southeast of Juneau. She accompanied wilderness rangers on a kayak expedition up the Endicott fiord that included monitoring noise and air pollution, campsites, wildlife, removing invasive species, and boarding small cruise ships for educational talks. She painted on location and will continue painting around these stewardship goals for her donated project. She will be doing presentations in the community about her experience so stay posted for updates here and on her Facebook – artist page.
I’ve donated a piece to the Symphony in the Flint Hills auction every year since it became an annual event in 2006 and this was my donation for 2017. The auction was held on the day of the event, June 10, 2017, in Geary County. Valley IV, oil on panel, 20 x 16 in.