Margaret Lazzari merges precepts of Abstract Expressionism and the intent of 19th century landscape painters to capture the sublime. Noted art critic Harold Rosenberg who helped define Abstract Expressionism described the canvas as an “arena in which to act” and to listen to Lazzari speak about each painting is to see that concept in action. But unlike AbEx painters and their focus on the intuitive, Lazzari is focused on the push and pull between chaos and order, representation and abstraction, and the balance of the free gesture with the cerebral.
