Rona Lesser
Rona Lesser
5702 Rutherglen Dr
Houston, Tx 77096
Studio address: 2204 Summer St.#101
Cell number: 832-372-5465
Email: ronalesser@gmail.com
1.
I was born in
Brooklyn, New York and lived there until I was 11
2.
I lived most of
my life in Texas, starting in Dallas at age 11 and then moving to Austin, and
San Antonio with my husband. We came to
Houston for his job – He came as a geriatric psychiatrist to work at the
University of Texas Medical School.
Previous to that we spent 3 and ½ years in Illinois in Chicago where I
took many art classes. I was just
beginning to study painting and drawing when we lived there and continued that
in Houston at the Art League of Houston.
3.
I love the
cultural advantages of living and working in Houston. There is a large artists community and so
much dance, music and theater available.
There are many resources for a visual artist to work and learn
from. Museums, arts organizations,
galleries all offer support and learning opportunities. Even when my husband retires from his current
position I will continue to live in the Houston area because of the
opportunities for the arts here.
Artists Bio and
statement: b. 1950 Born in New York and growing up in Dallas as
a teen, I have lived in Houston now
since 1983 . I have trained with many teachers in Houston at the Art League,
Glassell School of Art, the Watercolor Society of Houston, and Houston Civic
Arts Association. I am a member of the
Visual Arts Alliance, the Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, and the
Watercolor Society of Houston locally, and the Texas chapter of the National
Woman’s Caucus for Art. I serve on the
national board of the Woman’s Caucus as S.W. regional chair. My work has been in many juried competitions
in Houston, N.Y. Los Angeles, and Chicago, and I have had solo exhibits in
Houston. I currently exhibit work in
Galveston at Affaire D’Art and at my studio at Summer St., part of the Sawyer
Yards studio complex.
Statement: For many years I concentrated on drawing the
figure in different media. I was
attracted to the emotions a model could display with their body position and
facial expression. In the last 20 years
I have also developed a body of landscape work in various media. I love being in nature and observing its
beauty. I work plein air as much as
possible and otherwise from my own photos of places I have been. I want the viewer to share my wonder at the
beauty of our natural world.
I work mostly in watercolor
and acrylic . My framed watercolors are
usually no larger than 24x30 with the majority smaller. My canvases in acrylic are usually no larger
than 24x36 and most are smaller. They
average 24x30 and smaller.
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