THE PRESS:

"It is important to have artists like Lise Aarup – artists who with their works contribute to inspire a little positive thoughts and hope in all of us"
Max Wilmann, editor, Kunstavisen

"Painting with a universal appeal"
from the exhibition "Dancing With Bulls", Edinburgh

"Lise Aarup's paintings tremble of life and reproduce a lively and vigorous show of people in unending movement. She reproduces sceneries with a dreamy attitude and a poetic interpretation where the action takes place in the streets, in the gateway, at the sea or other places where we go about.
The paintings show us the crowd in which we all participate. Lise Aarup's paintings radiate a blessed peace in spite of the density of the works.
Like the professional pianist using his keys, Lise Aarup mixes all the colours of the spectrum into a perfect harmony with a steady hand.
To tell the truth she is a great artist with a deeply professional attitude to her work."
Kirsten Meldgaard , chairman of Farum Artclub

"In the sea of colour, of varying depth and structure, often incorporating collage-like elements such as newspapers clippings, her rhythmically drawn, human bodies swim, dance, play and move about.
The tone can be mocking, but in a gentle and poetic way, opening a dialogue and inviting us to become absorbed - and invitation made the more attractive by the fact that Lise Aarup lends a very sensual texture to her canvases."
Tom Jørgensen, editor, Kunstavisen

"Common human are with no doubt the most covering words for Lise Aarup's pictorial world. Her paintings portray the fundamental conditions of mankind and are existential.
With expressive strokes of the brush, a firm nevertheless dynamic composition and a lyrical softened attitude to colours Lise Aarup gets down to great as well as small themes."
Tom Jørgensen, editor, Kunstavisen

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe 2 visits the exhibition Holmegården Charlottenlund, juni 2009.

Lise Aarup in print:
Cover: "Det sagde danskerne - om fremtidens Europa"
Irma art bags 2006
DJØF's Bookcatalogue, autumn 2005
The journal "Management of today" - Illustrations