Chesapeake Bay by Lois Derosa is an abstract art piece that will be featured in the Perelman Celebration of Life & Art exhibit in early this year
While Lois Derosa, administrative assistant for the Diagnostic Imaging Department at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, has always enjoyed art, it was only a few years ago when she took a class in a Lancaster art gallery to learn about fluid art.
“Fluid art” or “liquid pour” is a technique that involves combining paint colors into a cup and pouring them onto the canvas to create an abstract art piece. “It’s similar to the waves of water in the ocean or bay,” Derosa noted.
Derosa, who grew up in Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay, finds that the movement and colors of the water bring her a sense of peace and rejuvenation.
Using her new-found knowledge and inspired by her time growing up on the Maryland coast, Derosa created Chesapeake Bay, a fluid art display that resembles the waves that she loved while growing up. In November 2021, her abstract art piece was chosen to be featured in Penn Medicine’s Perelman Celebration of Life & Art exhibit in early 2022. Once the artwork is displayed in the exhibit, it will be open for purchase.
This exhibit, which features employee artwork from across the Health System, was very competitive, attracting more than 100 artists who submitted more than 400 pieces of work.
“It is a great honor to have my art recognized at the Perelman exhibit and I love that the exhibit displays the talent our fellow colleagues have – talent that we may not get to witness in our traditional job roles,” said Derosa.