Maureen Sylvia Lighthall
Finding Self in Color and Motion
My book “Finding Self in Color and Motion” shares my experience using painting to express my grief after my oldest son died at age 30. After many years of teaching, in retirement I had a life to reclaim, not just to express grief, but to honor my son’s vibrant spirit, and to unearth my own personal joy and creativity.
"Maureen Lighthall is a daredevil of an artist fearlessly jumping into new experimentations, projects, and media. Like a Jackson Pollock, the emotional power of her turbulent painting is tempered by her bravura with order and harmony. Ideas and emotions are not spelled out on the surface. They rise and move you as you spend time absorbing the image. Here, American Expressionism is still viable. This publication is a necessary record of a very fine artist."
Maureen Lighthall's paintings are filled with life and energy. When I first saw her paintings many years ago, their strong sense of motion immediately drew me in. That holds true even as, with joy and appreciation, I view her work each day on the walls of my home. The colors are rich and vibrant with that life, energy and movement that make her paintings distinctively her own.