“It's never too late to have a happy childhood.”
Stuart Lehrman is an artist who has developed an exceptional method of skillfully balancing the art of addition and subtraction, making and unmaking, while expertly navigating the delicate line between chaos and order. Lehrman consistently experiments with various paint techniques and materials to create new and innovative textures, forms, and spaces in his work. His paintings are a true expression of both chaos and tranquility, where the balancing act is made up of what some might consider mistakes or "happy accidents." However, these so-called errors are advantageous because they lead to small yet profound truths that give Lehrman's work its beauty and dynamic tension. Lehrman draws inspiration from both natural and fabricated phenomena found in the world around us, which is evident in his remarkable and captivating pieces.
Michael Cagno Executive Director The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University
The Portal Series has percolated in my mind for a long time, originally focused on the idea of a “nest”. When I started drawing it morphed into something with broader meanings, including entry into a void, the eye the passageway into the soul, and, of course, a "nest' from one stage of life to another.