Teresa Lakier Portfolio Artist Statement Online Information The artist relates to the canvas by composing a fictional landscape of irrealities. Rooted in emotional ties, and transposed by interchanging the concepts of light, color,Êshape and form, the artist hopes to create a meaningful composition for the eye. The purpose being, that a story is told in an abstract, yet emotional manner. While being given an observation of the artist herself — we, by relating to the canvas, are given a sense of her personal plight/preoccupation. We see a certain part of her — her sense of being.ÊHer stories of the irreal are given a sense of realism — by her use of abstraction. These stories are thus related through visual media. teresalakier.com