Lisa Esherick (Lisa Eshrik), USA

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On a trip to the U.S., I met with several American artists. Of these, Lisa Eshrik perhaps most fully corresponds to our idea of ​​professional contemporary artists - graduated from the Art Institute in San Francisco, where her teachers were such luminaries as Richard Dibenkorn, Frank Lobdel, James Wicks, after which she studied at the University of SF, where she received her degree Painting and psychology. Many exhibited in the U.S. and abroad. Teaches.
The complete list of shows available on its website-
http://www.lisaesherick.com/resume.htm
The first time I saw her catalog, published by the Museum, Berkeley, in the house of my friends, just remember her series "The Casino" - scenes from the gambling establishments worldwide.
What is important for us - Lisa is interested in Russia and at one time made the whole trip in Russia, including a tour of the Trans-Siberian Railway from Beijing to Moscow. Russia devoted most of its work and a lot of travel sketches from nature.

1-2. Artist in the studio. Lisa has built a huge studio near his home, there are freely placed paintings to 5 meters in length, such as "Beach in St. Petersburg
3. Casinos in Irkutsk, 1996.
4. Casinos in Stuttgart.
5-8. Casino scenes and characters.