Art Review Her environmental paintings ask: What can we do to change our destiny? What effect can we have on the place we inhabit?

October 28, 2026 — 5 min read

Lisa Sanditz, "Missing Mountain (Hot Pink)" (2026), acrylic on canvas (all photos courtesy Alexandre Gallery)

Place has always been central to Lisa Sanditz’s paintings and drawings. In the winter of 2006–7, she went to China specifically to paint the rapid growth of single-industry cities, which sustained themselves by producing and exporting items such as Christmas ornaments to Western consumers. A longtime resident of the Hudson Valley, she was aware that this part of New York State, once populated by single-industry cities, such as Tannersville and Gloversville, had become post-industrial outposts for those seeking to live within hailing distance of the expensive bustle of New York City’s five boroughs.…