About the artist

Vanessa Lemen is an artist based in Southern California with works exhibited and in private collections internationally. Her paintings are layered in subtle allegory, with an explorative process that intertwines realism and abstraction to depict humanity, metaphor, story, and connection.

About the art book

Described through metaphorical imagery, it’s her love of nature combined with excerpts from her personal journey and reflection that she credits most as the inspiration for her work. The search for connection mixed with her openness to growth and learning is integral to her spontaneous process, and this deeper exploration has been the impetus of infinite discovery and development in her work and life experiences. Through the process and the making of her images, she is continuously revealing the ever-evolving balance of the deep-seated familiar and the vast unknown.

This art book is co-published with Spiridon Giannakis.