Artist Statement and Bio

Bio

Lindsay DeLullo is a landscape painter based in her hometown of Poland, Ohio, whose work explores themes of memory, ephemerality, and transformation through a variety of media. Her work has been featured in over 30 group exhibitions, and she has collaborated to create several murals in the Youngstown area. She currently serves as Associate Registrar at the Butler Institute of American Art, Secretary of the Friends of Poland Municipal Forest, and Secretary of the Poland Historical Society.

Artist Statement

By utilizing my hometown landscape as the subject across multiple techniques and mediums, I seek to record a blend of personal and collective memories within Poland, Ohio, resulting in an authentic experience of growing up and residing in a small Midwestern town. The sentimental quality of the locations, stories, and encounters I revisit, combined with the fleeting and ephemeral nature of the environment, almost serves as a historical record. Despite my instinct to cling to the past, my work cannot be separated from the fundamental factor of transformation.

Though I work in a variety of media, I am driven by my hometown’s history – whether that manifests in motifs, artistic processes, or imagery. I am inspired by collective memories and tales that existed before I did, which are in danger of being lost. Much of my work is born from noticing and listening, coalescing to create an archive of experiences, musings, and introspections.