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TV Interview on WMBC-TV
April 5, 2008 (6pm EST)

Lisa was recently interviewed on WMBC-TV by Nicole Israel on the "Hometown" segment.
Click on this link to view, lisa-paolombo-interview-4-5-2008.wmv. 
A speical thank you to WMBC-TV for the use of this video.


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Star Ledger

Click on this link to view, Star Ledger article on blog.
Posted by Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger April 03, 2008 5:53AM
Categories: Art

Lisa Palombo's art is about as low tech as you can get. She paints richly-colored 
florals, landscapes and still lifes on canvas, just as artists have done for centuries.
But the Caldwell artist has brought her work into the 21st century-- by sharing it 
on her blog. She's one of the growing number of professional artists/ bloggers.
The blog she started last year-- Lisa Palombo's Floral Paintings-- includes samples 
of her art, news from her studio and how-to advice on art related topics, including 
how to hang paintings in groups. If you'd like to meet the artist/blogger in person, 
she's holding her annual Spring Open Studio May 3 and 4 in Caldwell.

www.LisaPalombo.com 
Summer Garden #2, 24x36 (oil on linen) by Lisa Palombo

www.lisapalombo.com
Hens and Chicks, 24"x36" (oil on linen), by Caldwell artist and blogger Lisa Palombo.

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Haven of Hope for Kids
February 1, 2008

"Hope and Happiness," 20"x24", oil on linen. Copyright Lisa Palombo 2008

Haven of Hope for Kids, an organization dedicated to help children 
with life threatening diseases and their families.
www.havenofhopeforkids.org


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Recent Interview on Blogtalkradio
September 22, 2007

Listen to interview on Blogtalkradio

Lisa was recently interviewed on a live blogcast called, Transformation Educative Live, hosted by Dr. Kathy King. 
Dr. King writes on her blog, "As another fine example of learning across the lifetime and inspiration for transformation - 
Lisa Palombo, a fine artist, provides a compelling interview in the talkshow interview format about her work. Listen 
in as we find out about her paintings, field questions from a collector who phones in and get an inside look." 

Click here to here to hear the interview on BlogTalkRadio, Lisa Palombo Interview.



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First Night Montclair 2007


Lisa Palombo and the legendary New Orleans musician, Dr. John at First Night Monclair, December 31,2006.



Lisa Palombo and Roscoe, Dr. John's drummer at First Night Monclair, December 31,2006.



Dr. John signs Lisa's offical 2007 poster at First Night Monclair, December 31,2006.

First Night Montclair and the Performing Arts series

I was asked to create the official image for First Night Montclair 2007 - an annual community-based New Year's Eve event celebrated throughout the U.S. The theme for this year's event featured a montage of dance, music, art and other diverse cultural activities for all ages.

While researching the history of the event and the various elements I wanted to include in the painting, I quickly realized there was so much more I wanted to capture than just one painting. And so, The Performing Arts collection was born. I quickly began to collect, photograph and borrow objects that represent the performing arts, such as Flamenco Spanish fans and shawls, ballet toe shoes, librettos, opera masks and violin. I even went on location to shoot a baby grand piano.

I wanted the painting entitled, "First Night," to be an allegory of the evening. For example, the Flamenco fan that I chose was designed for Spanish artist, Frida Khalo. The candle lit represents the first day of the year. The white rose represents new beginnings. The violin and librettos were symbolic of music. And, the ballet toe shoes of dance.

"First Night" will be used to help promote the event through a collectable poster, brochure and tickets. Dr. John, the famous New Orleans jazz musician, will be the headliner. Additional performances will be held by the NJ ballet, NJ Pops and the Flamenco Ole dancers as well as other local and national talent. The collectable poster will be available in December, 2006.

A special thanks to all those who loaned me their precious objects and props I used throughout the new series. I hope you enjoy the paintings as much as I enjoyed bringing them to life.

 In the News! Featured as ARTIST OF THE MONTH by The Artist's Magazine 


Iris in Bloom 
For artist Lisa Palombo, inspiration comes from what things she loves.
By Beth Derringer-Keith

"When I started painting subjects that were close to my heart," says oil painter Lisa Palombo, 
"I got a great response and started selling everything I painted; I couldn’t keep up." 
Flowers are what she loves; you’ll find florals somewhere in almost all of her paintings...
read the rest of the article



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LISA
        PALOMBO announced as officail artist for the NJ Balloon Festival
        

        
Festival VP Ken Stats, Lisa Palombo, Governor James
        E. McGreevey and
        
Children's Miracle Network Executive Director Bill
        Tawpash.
      

      

        
 
        
QUICK CHEK
        BALLOON FEST ARTWORK

        FEATURED ON ARIZONA ICED TEA CANS
      

      
AriZona Iced Tea will
      sell decorative cans featuring poster art of the largest summertime
      hot air balloon festival in North America in a cooperative marketing
      effort this summer.

      
The Lake Success, Long
      Island-based beverage maker will sell the commemorative cans
      at over 100 Quick Chek Food Stores throughout New Jersey, where
      the Festival is a July institution attracting some 150,000 people.

      
The artwork depicted
      on the cans is an original oil painting of the bucolic New Jersey
      countryside dotted with hot air balloons. The artist is Lisa
      Palombo, a nationally known creator of impressionistic landscape,
      floral and still life oil paintings.

      
The image, entitled
      "A Perfect Summer Day," also graces the event's official
      poster, which annually appears on billboards, storefronts, newspapers
      and television, workplace bulletin boards and basement playrooms
      across New Jersey. The poster is also a vehicle to raise money
      for Children's Miracle Network (CMN), since a portion of every
      ticket sold at Quick Check Food Stores benefits both the Specialized
      Hospital and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at
      Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.

      
"When we saw the
      piece, it was an easy decision," said Richard Parano, Director
      of Convenience and Petroleum, AriZona Iced Tea. "This can
      will be an immediate collectors item and its distinct look will
      help sales."

      
"This year, the
      poster is special and features a traditional solute to the 'Magic
      of Ballooning,'" said Howard Freeman, Executive Producer
      of the Festival. "Governor McGreevey unveiled it at the
      Statehouse and now it will be part of the Quick Chek customer
      experience."

      
Born at a truck stop
      on Route 78 in 1979 prior to moving to its current location in
      1983, the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, In Association
      With PNC Bank, now draws over 150,000 people from 31 states to
      Solberg Airport in Hunterdon County to see the ascension of 125
      gigantic hot air balloons, major concert performers and hundreds
      of other family-oriented attractions.

      
The dates for
      the 2004 event are July 23-25. Further information can be obtained
      by calling 

      1 800 HOT AIR 9 (1 800 468 2479) or by going to www.balloonfestival.com.

      


      


      
poster

      To order official 2004 poster please go to: http://quickchk.balloonfestival.com/osb/itemdetails.cfm?ID=7


Lisa Palombo and Governor James E. McGreevey at the NJ Governor's office, April 2,2004


Friends, The Village People at NJ Festival Of Ballooning, July 24,2004

All work copyrighted 2008, Lisa Palombo. All rights reserved.