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Booth #: LS10CLisa Burge was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She attended the University of New Mexico in Taos, New Mexico and Colorado University in Boulder, Colorado where she majored in Fine Art. For the past forty years, Lisa has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and South America. In 1981 Lisa moved to Taos, NM. She recently transitioned to Kansas City, MO where she currently lives and has her studio. Her primary focus over the years has been in the area of monoprinting and painting. She travels throughout the country participating in numerous art shows and has received many awards for her art.In her work she continues to explore a language that has been developing over the past several years. “As an artist who has grown out of the abstract expressionist tradition, I create my paintings from a place of emotion and am mindful that what is being communicated relies upon the viewer to access the work from an emotional place as well.