Lisa Junius Prints

Artist Lisa Junius is from Luxembourg

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A dreamy blue atmosphere; organic shapes of leaves, flowers and waves; women floating in the night sky - this what Lisa Junius’s work is all about.

Whether it be oil-on-canvas paintings, large-scale murals or glazed ceramic objects, a certain inspiration for calmness, intuition and a connection to nature can be found. The significant use of the color blue - predominantly night sky blue with details in lighter shades - is linked to it being recognized as the most spiritual of colors. It is the color of the sea and sky, of intangible depths and imagination. Blue is said to be the color of dreams and therefore of the spirit and mind itself.

Inner and outer worlds are shifted. The inside of a woman’s breast consists of flowers - the outside reveals spirals, like a flow of energy made visible.

The spiral symbolizes cyclical time and the energy of life itself. It is one of the oldest signs that can be found on ceramics since 6300 BC and was linked to the image of the Goddess. The imaginary of circles, crescents, spirals is directly linked to the vase as a cultural object. The vase, vessel or jar is an object so simple and basic, and yet proof of human civilization. It transmutes from an everyday household item to an artifact with highly spiritual meaning.

Pottery as a craft is very much linked to women, since historically, they have been seen as the ones in charge of creating objects for cooking, storing, serving, and carrying. Lisa Junius’s ceramic stool is another domestic object, a symbol of the home and the private space of the everyday. But it might also be associated with power and worship, being highly decorated and not too made for daily use.

Ordinary objects are put in a different light. The domestic is emphasized and revered. Intuitive female energy and dreamy blue tones are weaved into all of Lisa Junius’s art, connecting each and every piece to form a recognizable, organic, calming body of work.