Original Work on paper by New York artist Lisa Stefanelli.

This piece is untitled 2012.

Acrylic and water based pigment on paper. 

26 x 19 inches. 2012.

This piece is donated directly from the artist's studio.

It is unframed.

Lisa Stefanelli is primarily known for complex arabesques flawlessly painted in rich red or 
blue tones. Hand drawn sumptuous lines stretch into wisps and bulges like thinning taffy 
across luminous pristine grounds. Some recall complex symmetrical patterns one associates 
with illuminated manuscripts, hot-rod emblems and lacework while others recall liquid 
spills and the way drops of ink swirl and fold in a glass of clear water.
For thiss piece is signed and dated by the artist and donated directly from the artist's studio.  show Stefanelli develops the work exploring two new territories. Imagery in the past 

that has been ostensibly abstract pattern, now hints at a more specific figural presence, and 
she has added an elongated format and denser repetitions of gesture that combine to 
become more metaphorical than matter-of fact.
The images continue to have the magic of behaving like a cloud that shape-shifts as you 
watch, yet the concentration of line nudges interpretation towards something more 
structured and tangible, something in the world, but yet something so elusive that you just 
can’t quite name.