Hello, dear listener! September brings the shift of Autumn, so to celebrate this change of season with a beautiful conversation with a fantastic artist and teacher. Krisztina is our artist this month, and in this conversation, we talk about her process, how she paints as a way of sharing her life and experiences, her transition into motherhood, and the journey that has led her here. Here is some more about our artist:

Krisztina Lazar is a painter of imaginary realism. Her current body of work “Motherhood

is Metal” explores the alchemically transformative elements of having a child, from the negredo

of total dissolution, the albedo of Madonna-esque bliss to the rubedo of integration and

wholeness. Using both a Mische of oil and egg tempera and direct Alla Prima techniques to

render hyperealistic sacred art, Krisztina creates figurative and portrait paintings that exist in the

vesica piscis of fantasy and visionary painting.

Krisztina completed her BFA at Carnegie Mellon University in 2004 and her MFA

graduate degree in 2011 at the San Francisco Art Institute New Genres department. Her

paintings have been exhibited in group and solo shows throughout the United States and Europe,

most notably at the H.R. Geiger museum in Gruyere, Switzerland. She teaches her unique styles

of painting to many students in group and private settings. Her work has been featured in

multiple articles, galleries and book publications. She currently lives and works in Northern

California.

Links here: https://www.instagram.com/krisztina_lazar_art/?hl=en
https://youtube.com/@TranscendentBird?si=L7PDpIXQ56n6-9p_
https://krisztinalazar.substack.com/

www.transcendentbird.com

Workshop: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mythic-face-visionary-portraits-in-the-mische-technique-w-krisztina-l-tickets-691156496687

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