Lisa Gauker, spends time laboring away in her own studio but also teaches in the 19547 zip code. She teaches, paints, makes jewelry and ceramics, and dabbles her weekly minutes passionately in many an artistic endeavor, making her mark in the berks county art-swept landscape. as a young girl, she found herself “inadvertently drawn to art,” she says.
Inspiration arises for gauker through a sort of biological thought process. she recalls a time in her life whilst veterinary medicine nearly wooed her heart and intrigued her intellect. When Gauker’s art teacher joked that she’d never be happy with a cow-birthing lifestyle, she decided to attend PCAD in Lancaster, PA, instead. there, she earned a bachelor of fine art degree, honing her skills all the more at the academic level.
Gauker’s art tends to gravitate toward small subject matters. sometimes, an insect will crawl into her mind and make its way into her artwork as the subject. once in a while, she’ll throw a real (and really dead !) bug itself into the composition. Her old roots of veterinary-intrigue are reflected in her art, since it’s often related to animal behavior and biological processes. She titles herself a “process-oriented person,” explaining that her journey is more important than the destination mindset. To Gauker, her process is often more crucial and integral than the subject, in the end.
Lisa Gauker & Josh Steffy Interview Studio B, Boyertown, PA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiZIIAtcI-A
portions of this bio are taken from http://newsnotblues.blogspot.com/2012/02/eye-into-encaustics.html
