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Biography
Charlotte Lisboa, was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She is a graduate and post graduate from the University of Miami. Following her graduation she continued her academic studies at the Romero Hidalgo Artists' Studio where she dedicated her self to long hours of live drawing and painting, thus her drawing skills became more refined as a crucial component of her artistic education.
In trying to expand her studies, she took several courses around the United States with many contemporary masters she admired such as Richard Schmid, Jeremy Lipking, Daniel Gerhartz, Scott Burdick, Mary White, Jacob Collins, Casey Baugh and David Leffel, among others. Her influences range from Monet and Renoir to Rembrandt, Sorolla, Sargeant and Klimt as well as Rothko's abstract works to name a few.
Charlotte is compelled to paint figures with emotion and atmosphere. Some say her work is realist with a touch of impressionism and abstraction mixed in. Charlotte is a Patron member of the Portrait Society of America, as well as a member of The Society of Figurative Arts Open Forum, Realistic Figurative paintings and International Figurative Art.
Artist Statement
"If I am asked to explain my work, in a few words I would say: “Humanity with strokes of an ethereal atmosphere.” My academic figure drawing was taken as a point of departure to seek a distinct feeling or mood that explores emotion with expressions, textures and movements from the subject at hand. My influences range from Renoir to Sorolla, Sargeant and Klimt as well as Mark Rothko's abstract works to name a few...
My drawings, mixed medias and oil paintings strive to express life through a genuine mode by taking the subjects out of the context in which they exist into another level of awareness. I perceive my work as realistic with touches of impressionism and abstraction. The viewer will perceive a continuous evolution of ideas which become refreshed in the creation of every new piece. There is a magical feeling that makes every new conception unique to me,
transforming my time at work a valuable asset to be treasured with a craving for observing and documenting my sense of the chosen subject."
Charlotte Lisboa
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