MARGARET LAZZARI
Artist Statement
My abstract landscapes convey the density of matter, the luminosity of voids, and movement. Some paintings are more literal landscapes while others only suggest an open environment. All of them, though, allude to the space around us and within us. Both spaces are vast and at the same time transitory and ever-changing.
They are influenced by historical landscape art, especially those expressing transcendence, like Hudson River School paintings, the American luminist painters of the late 1800s, or the photographs of Ansel Adams. All tie landscape imagery to our own moods, attitudes and emotions.
Margaret Lazzari is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Southern California’s Roski School of Art and Design. She is also half of the Lazzari and Evans Public Art Design Team, with eight commissions since 2010 throughout Southern California.
She has had numerous museum and gallery exhibitions of her paintings and drawings, most recently at the Fresno Museum of Art and Ruth Bachofner Gallery in Santa Monica. Her works are included in several public collections including the Cathedral Collection of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles; Kaiser Hospitals, California; St. Louis University, Missouri; and Azusa Pacific University, California. Lazzari was born in St. Louis, received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, and is formerly Vice Dean of Faculty and Vice Dean of Art at USC’s Roski School.
They are influenced by historical landscape art, especially those expressing transcendence, like Hudson River School paintings, the American luminist painters of the late 1800s, or the photographs of Ansel Adams. All tie landscape imagery to our own moods, attitudes and emotions.
Margaret Lazzari is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Southern California’s Roski School of Art and Design. She is also half of the Lazzari and Evans Public Art Design Team, with eight commissions since 2010 throughout Southern California.
She has had numerous museum and gallery exhibitions of her paintings and drawings, most recently at the Fresno Museum of Art and Ruth Bachofner Gallery in Santa Monica. Her works are included in several public collections including the Cathedral Collection of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles; Kaiser Hospitals, California; St. Louis University, Missouri; and Azusa Pacific University, California. Lazzari was born in St. Louis, received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, and is formerly Vice Dean of Faculty and Vice Dean of Art at USC’s Roski School.
