About Lee Ann

Artist Bio

Lee Ann Thill (b. 1973) is a painter and mixed-media artist whose richly textured and layered abstractions of cellular structures and processes bridge the medicalized experience of invisible disabilities with the emotional, relational and temporal complexities. Her fluid style of working with acrylic and collage embraces improvisation and ambiguity as a means of reclaiming a life lived under a microscope that's been dictated by diagnoses. Using the body of paint as a metaphor for the body, opacity, transparency and layering are strategies for exploring how visibilty/invisibiliy, exposure/concealment and now/not now have shaped her experience.

Born in East Texas, Lee Ann moved to the Philadelphia area in 1985. She earned a BFA in Painting & Drawing and Ceramics from Tyler School of Art (1996), followed by an MA in Art Therapy from Drexel University (2004) and a PhD in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University (2021). After 25+ years as an art therapist, she has redirected her attention to her art practice. From her home studio in South Jersey, she is expanding her body of work, extending her reach to viewers and collectors, and continuing to evolve as an artist.