Those “discoveries” are what appeal to many of her collectors. John Smith, director of the Rhode Island School of Design’s Museum of Art and a longtime owner of Lundsager’s work, says, “There’s so much depth in Eva’s abstract paintings. I have one of her works that, no matter where I have lived, I have always placed in a prominent location. That’s because I never fail to see new meanings, new possibilities in it. There’s a real richness to her work that continues to intrigue me.” Another collector, this one in Manhattan, agrees. “Her use of color and form
has so much complexity. And even though ours is an abstract painting, there’s a combination of elements that evoke the sky or space, the landscape, and even the water.” When reminded that one writer noted that her work “hovers between landscape and abstraction,” Lundsager nods and admits, “That’s interesting. I’ve always thought of abstract painting as an escape—or a window—into another realm, which could be landscape or space.” She points out that many of her paintings have at least a representation of a horizon line. “The paintings are suggestive of a familiar space, but when you start scrutinizing marks and lines, nothing becomes recognizable. It all goes back to a brush stroke or drip or pour or smear of paint. You think you might know what it is, but you don’t. I like the familiar but the not completely known.”
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“I LIKE GOING FROM ONE CANVAS TO THE OTHER AS I SOLVE PROBLEMS AND MAKE DISCOVERIES,” SAYS EVA LUNDSAGER.
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