Cindy Lesperance
Oakwood Hills, IL
Chicago artist who uses Encaustic Medium (Beeswax, Damar Resin & Pigment) to create work with a tactile quality that engages those who encounter it.
MessageCindy Lesperance is an award-winning Chicagoland based artist who works out of her studio in the NW suburbs.
Her art has been exhibited in many galleries and museums including: Zhou B Art Center–Chicago, IL, Bridgeport Art Center, 4th Floor Gallery–Chicago, IL, RMU-State Street Gallery–Chicago, IL , Atlantic Gallery–New York, NY, Niza Knoll Gallery–Denver CO, Rockford Art Museum, Quad Cities International Airport Gallery, Freeport Art Museum and has been chosen by prominent jurors such as: Joanne Materra, Kaveh Mojtabai Founder and Publisher of Artscope, Fred Camper, James Yood, Aron Packer, Dan Addington, Sarah Krepp, Jerry McLaughlin, Lisa Pressman and Sergio Gomez to participate and earn awards in many juried shows. She has been featured in publications including: EA Magazine, ACS Magazine, Cover or the Journal of Financial Service Professionals and Featured Artist of the Red Dot Blog. Her work is displayed in private and public collections throughout the nation and is on view as part of the permanent collection of the Encaustic Art Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
She is Past President of FUSEDChicago (2018-2021), a Chicago based organization of Midwest artists who work in Encaustic and a member of the Northwest Area Arts Council.
Statement
I love spending time in nature, traveling and learning about other cultures. Always aware of color, pattern and texture, these life experiences are inspiration for my work. My process incorporates a technique I developed of applying minute droplets of encaustic (a combination of beeswax, damar resin and pigment), one by one, to the surface of the painting, creating a tactile quality that when viewed in person, engages those who encounter it. It’s an obsession that I’ve committed myself to investigating, making it my realm and exploring what I can do with it.