The Hutchinson Art Center is excited to exhibit the work of local artist and educator Hannah Lounsbury in our Front Gallery during the month of June.

Hannah Lounsbury is a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work is rooted in expressive portraiture. Working across large-scale painting, oil pastel, and drawing, her practice explores emotion, identity, and the complexity of human experience. Her portraits move through, either, likeness and accuracy, or capturing fleeting states of vulnerability, tension, and introspection.

Through a balance of bold mark-making, color (or lack thereof), and careful observation, Lounsbury creates figures that feel both immediate and unresolved. Some of her work focuses on realism and capturing likeness, while others are created through layered surfaces and gestural lines. This allows her subjects to exist in space between realism and abstraction, where emotion takes precedence over precision.

In addition to her studio practice, Lounsbury works as an educator in Hutchinson, fostering creative confidence and critical thinking in her students. This dual role informs her work, grounding it in both technical exploration and a continued curiosity about how individuals see themselves and others.

This exhibition is on display in the Front Gallery from June 5th - July 3rd, 2026.