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Meet Lisa Loudermilk - Austin Artist of the Month
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Meet Lisa Loudermilk - Austin Artist of the Month

Thursday, October 29 at Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery, Austin

Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery · East

About this event

Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery continues its Austin Artist of the Month program with Lisa Loudermilk, an Austin-based painter whose work sits at an unlikely intersection: minimalism pushed past its own limits. She calls it Baroque Modernism. On October 4, Loudermilk joins us from 12 to 4PM to introduce her work, talk about her process, and walk visitors through what is on view. Loudermilk's paintings layer metallic films under resin, slicing through wet paint to reveal every previous layer beneath. The result shifts depending on where you stand and how the light hits it. Her process is as precise as it looks: paint is rolled, then cut through with plastic tools. Every layer stays visible in the final work. Her work stays on view through October 31, when the next Austin Artist of the Month takes over the wall.

Who's playing

Lisa Loudermilk is an Austin-based painter who calls her style Baroque Modernism, minimalism pushed past its own limits. She rolls paint, then cuts through it with plastic tools. Metallic films go under resin, and every earlier layer stays visible. The finished panels change color depending on where you stand and how the light falls.

What to expect

This is an informal conversation in the gallery. Loudermilk talks about how the work is made, and visitors can ask questions while looking at the paintings up close. Her process is precise, and the gallery notes that her collectors, many of them engineers, often ask exactly how it is done. The Artist of the Month program gives one Austin artist from outside the gallery's represented roster a dedicated wall for the month.

Why go

Paintings like these are hard to judge from a photo, because the color shifts as you move. Seeing them in person with the artist nearby makes the technique easier to follow. Unchained.Art moved to a 1926 Beaux-Arts building on West Seventh Street in 2025. It is a small, cozy space that suits a close look and an unhurried chat.

Where

Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery · 311 W. 7th Street · East, Austin TXDirections
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Meet Lisa Loudermilk - Austin Artist of the Month · Oct 29