Lou Ann Petersen
Like the mystery of a poem that speaks of fundamental human concerns, art-making is my vehicle for sharing--straight from my heart--something that is real to me. Basically, through creative expression, I am able to say, "This is what it is to be me today--this is how I see it from my corner of the universe." I may be speaking out from the dark, the fog or the fire, but the creative dialogue continues. This mystical reality, that creative expression just doesn't quit, I discover over and over again. It seems that art aches to be born.
Because of my heritage, a long line of co-creators, I have witnessed the unstoppability of creative expression--the written word offered up, paintings drenched in color and hymns sung in thanksgiving for the awesome gift of life.
Lou Ann Petersen studied at the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts in Banff, Alberta, Canada and received her MFA in painting from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She lives and works in Madison and especially enjoys working at her summer studio in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, her spiritual home. She has exhibited her work in Colorado, the Midwest, New York and Puerto Rico.