Lea Lackey-Zachmann

Lea Lackey-Zachmann achieved a BA in Art Education from Winthrop University and a MFA with Graduate Teacher’s Certification from the University of NC at Greensboro. She is retired from teaching—having taught art at High Point University for 29 years and Salem College for 12 years with additional positions at various colleges in North and South Carolina—yet has painted continuously for the last 40 years.

She finds mental and emotional attributes mirrored in nature: these serve as compelling inspiration for making visual statements. Her paintings are prone to expand beyond the frame. Using Dura lar, she creates 3-D sculpture like paintings. (Dura lar is an archival medium—it won’t crack, yellow, burn, or tear—that allows acrylic and water-based paints to adhere.) This “coming off of the canvas” hints to vitality and life.

Lea and her husband Tim live with their two dogs and their cat. They garden and continue to renovate their 104-year-old house.