Lee Ann Lander

Lee Ann Lander

Lee Lander

Mixed Media / Photography / Sculpture

Intuitive Abstract artist that works with resin, alcohol inks, modeling paste, gold and mirror leaf, and anything else that looks fun at the moment. I am an experimental explorer with a dash of mad scientist. I also do macro nature and abstract photography and then sometimes add resin embellishments. I am chasing the passion of depth, movement, combining 2D and 3D elements and the idea of layers and diversity within the process itself. There is something very rich in analogies about colors meeting and blending just enough to become something beautiful at the edges but not totally lose themselves to each other. There is poetry and deep lessons in all the work I do. I try to keep it light and happy, but an analogy or a lesson always makes itself clear. Much of the art I do is very fluid and organic and even the way I apply acrylics is very haphazard so it always leaves room for a collaboration between me and the paint and I love it when it surprises me. The more I try to control it, the less I like it. It's a balance between vision and the beauty of the unknown and not only being ok with that, but being driven by it. There are times when I manage to lose track of time and enter some kind of zone where raw and unrealized instincts take over - it's wild.  

The most surprising thing I have found out about life from art is - how much courage it takes. How brave you have to be to cast off the expectations of the world and how things "should be" or how even I think something should be. It is letting go of preconceived notions, unhinging all my adulthood garbage and creating with the bold tenacity of a 5 year old that has no notion of rules and expectations. When I can apply that line of thinking to just living life as well - those are my better days. 

The further I lean into my calling, which I even denied was a calling for a long time, the more at home I feel in my own skin and in the world. Because I am realizing it is much bigger than me. It is about being comfortable in the unknown. Letting go of control. Opening myself to the possibilities of what if. Transforming my expectations into questions of curiosity instead. And truly, in the end it is all about finding beauty in the chaos.  

Upcoming Events

Art of Recovery Silent Auction November 6, 2020 by Fresh A.I.R. 

Creative Resilience Show November 14- December 18 Fresh A.I.R at All People All Arts Gallery

Duo show with Julia Hamilton at High Road Gallery Feb/March 2021. Show name still TBD

Solo show at Ohio State University Faculty Club Showing September-Dec 2021

Artist Links
  • I allow businesses to purchase or display my work.
  • I am open to selling my work under payment plans.
  • I am available for demonstrations.
  • I offer classes.
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