"Beyond Plein Air The Landscape—Real/Recreated/Reassembled/Imagined"

I was invited by the editors of the Maine Arts Journal to write an essay about their theme as it relates to my work process and content.

Veronique Pleisch writes: "We understand the draw of the outdoors in Maine, which is perhaps even more enticing after a long winter. This summer issue of the Maine Arts Journal features artists reflecting upon the meanings working en plein air holds for them—but with a twist. We didn’t want plain plein air; instead, we asked our contributors to think Beyond Plein Air. The simple addition of “beyond” was meant as an invitation to reflect upon the process with which a real landscape is transformed."

Veronique Pleisch continues in her introduction: "Kris Lanzer talks about the “overlap” between “inner and outside worlds” and her pursuit of “creating a sense of harmony” in her installations. There’s the pull from the outside and its sensory stimuli and the “imagined landscape” she summons in the studio. Lanzer’s installations negotiate these tensions and indeed intervene in the urban environment, creating new experiences for the viewer. Interstitial areas and transitional moments are central to her work, which often has ritualized dimensions, exploring dichotomies such as public and private, city and nature, inside and outside, beginning and end, life and death."

"On The Edge" an exhibition of drawings. Catalog pages 22/23

An article about the art installation called "Dover Traffic Spiral" that came to fruition during the pandemic in May 2020. The journalist and I stayed apart and on opposite sides of the fence for the interview.