FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 10, 2011
VANDERBILT MEDICAL UNIVERSITY CENTER
Contact: Donna Glassford
Tel: 615-936-1234
Email: Donna.Glassford@vanderbilt.edu
Lisa Ernst, Paintings
Botanic Immersion
Nashville, Tennessee
Vanderbilt Medical University Center
Mezzanine Gallery
May 9, 2011 – September 30, 2011
Lisa Ernst began studying art and painting full time in the mid-1990’s. Her work has been exhibited in many
group and solo exhibitions in both galleries and museums, and she has been featured in American Artist
magazine, among others. Her paintings hang in corporate, public and private collections internationally, and she
frequently accepts large-scale commissions. The renowned M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston has acquired six
of Lisa’s large botanical paintings. In addition, she recently completed a large commission for Northwestern
University Medical Center’s public collection. Lisa is represented by dealers in the United States and London.
A colorist and contemporary realist, Lisa uses the vibrancy of acrylic paints to amplify nature’s colors and forms.
In the mid 1990s she studied intensively with the noted artist Walter Bunn Gray (1934-2002) who had a
successful fine arts career in New York city prior to his retirement in Franklin, Tennessee.
There is strength inherent in softness and softness inherent in strength. The intense colors and play of light are
designed to draw the eye in to the heart of the flowers. The softer green canvases were incorporated to create a
restful balance to the intensity of the four calla lily paintings. As a whole, my intent was to create a harmony of
passion and equanimity, male and female, surface and depth.”
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The Vanderbilt University Hospital is located at 1211 22nd Ave South , Nashville, TN .
For more information contact the Office of Cultural Enrichment, Vanderbilt Medical University, 936-1234.