Stories in Motion: A Conversation with A.L. Lummus

by Paul M. French

I meet A.L. Lummus in the suburbs of Thornton, where she lives with her family. It’s something she comments on several times during our conversation—how her lifestyle and art don’t echo the expectations of the culture.

Despite now earning a living from commissioned work, when Lummus was in art school, she was told to avoid realism at all costs because sh…