15 · LOUISE KUBISTA · oil, pastel

The right brain focus is what makes me paint. While painting, it is the center of my universe, nothing else matters. I’m absorbed in the relationships of the items I’m painting, I’m solving the problem of making something appear closer or further away, creating the color that I see from the limited colors available to me on my palette, defining the center of interest, looking for lost and found edges, noticing the play of the light, the list goes on. What starts as an exercise in seeing ends in a finished painting.

My current paintings have been of animals. My main subjects have been my dogs as they are as dear to me as children. They have very expressive faces which have been fun to capture. In addition to my and friends dogs any other animal I’m fortunate enough to get a good photograph of will also be the subject of a painting. Llamas and chickens come to mind.

All images © Louise Kubista

In addition to animals, plein air painting and paintings of still life set ups in my studio are the choices of subjects that I concentrate on.

I paint primarily in oil on masonite or canvas and pastels on sanded paper. I have been painting for 8 years.

DEMONSTRATION: I will demonstrate the use of different grounds and the effect on the final painting.

STUDIO ACCESS: There is an outside access with one step up to my basement studio. The path to the studio door is over lawn. There is a bathroom.

601 Reid Drive, Mount Horeb, WI 53572 | (608) 437-2030 | lkubista@wisc.edu