Paul Lackner is a visual author whose work begins where documentation ends — films, photographs, and motion built from light, time, and the weight of specific places. Wisconsin and Montana. One eye.

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Lurzers Archive 200 Best Digital Artists

Work

01

PanoramicPortfolio

Cinematic image series of the Driftless Wisconsin countryside.

Nikon | Various Old Nikkor Glass

02

PrairieAtSunrise

A modest Wisconsin prairie at dawn.

Nikon | Old Nikkor 24mm Glass

03

BetweenStorms

Landscape studies, Western Dane County, Wisconsin — sky and land in the narrow calm between two severe storms.

Nikon | Various Old Nikkor Glass

04

DescendingBlueMoonshineTitleSequence

Color treatment and grading of archival film, editing, effects, hand drawn rotoscoping, layer blending

Adobe After Effects | Adobe Premier

05

MontanaTroutClub'94

Sneak peak from an upcoming series using images taken in October 1994 in the Beaverhead valley.

Nikon FM | Nikkor Ai | Ektachrome 200

Montana Trout Club '94
06

Apollo11.Series

Motion design, treated archival footage, hand drawn rotoscoping, special effects, typographic design, layer blending and grading

07

LindsayForesight&Stratagem2026

Motion, generative images, design, effects, typographic design, layer blending and grading

Client: Lindsay Foresight and Stratagem

08

AmericanPlayersTheatre2026BookOfSummer

Creative direction, digital collage, illustration, graphic design heavy layer blending and typography combine with analog and generated imagery

Client: American Players Theatre/Planet Propaganda

Recognition

Annuals + Magazines

Lürzers Archive, Graphis Annual, Communication Arts, Society Of Illustrators, National AD Fed, AWWWARDS, Art of the West and Wildlife Art News

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