About the Artist

You gotta admit, life is strange, and sometimes, so is art.  If you allow either of them to have their way, they will send you hurtling into places and experiences you could not have ever imagined, only to ultimately swing you right back, in divine timing, to your personal truth. 

From the time I was very little, I wanted to be one of two things - a nun or a mermaid.  I am neither Catholic nor a great swimmer - go figure.  Looking back, I now understand these paradoxical leanings to be the whisperings of my love for the mystical, for the contemplative, for the unseen spiritual realm, and for beautiful, colorful flights of fancy.  It is now evident to me that these very things have intertwined themselves into not only my way of being, but into my art.

For me, painting isn’t simply a creative act, it is as much an act of love - even a calling, or an act of service. My intention, through my art, is to completely shift and uplift the energy of the viewer.  It is not intended is to make a statement or to be a representation of so-called “real” life.  My art is a representation of my colorful and always changing inner life, which, to me, cannot possibly be expressed with recognizable imagery.  I seek to invite the viewer into an emotional sanctuary of sorts - a healing space. I want to offer them a visual respite from the sometimes repressive and rigid lines of this world.  My hope is that the uninhibited, colorful, and abstract nature of my art will lead the viewer to an experience of openness, lightness, curiosity, and ultimately, to a place of joy. Like Kandinsky, I want to affect the soul…I want the viewer to FEEL, and I want them to feel in vibrant color!

I create mostly large-scale abstract art. My preferred medium is acrylics or whatever else happens to inspire or intrigue me in the moment.  My creative process is intuitive, allowing my work to organically emerge from the realms of unfettered artistic possibilities and childlike wonderment. Working on large surfaces allows me freedom of movement and expression, and offers me the opportunity to immerse the viewer in a full-spectrum experience of my art. 

I paint with vibrant colors because of their undeniably healing and transformative effect, first, for myself as the creator, but with the hope of inspiring this same effect for the viewer.  Pairing vibrant colors with calming, grounding neutrals, along with unexpected texture and pattern, and flowing, playful lines is my preferred way to express what I feel and to communicate and connect with the viewer.  My intention in using multiple nuanced layers of paint and mixed media, including canvas-on-canvas collage is to create art that is uplifting, inspiring, healing, and joyful.

I view my work as a colorfully peaceful protest against perfectionism, against unquestioned conformity to anything other than the intentional seeking, remembering, and reintroduction to our most authentic and vulnerable selves, against the things we knowingly or unknowingly allow to stifle our own unique personal truths, and especially against those things that inhibit or blind us to our inherent capacity to experience true joy. 

My sincerest hope is that these qualities are deeply communicated and even viscerally sensed through my art. 

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Lisa was born in Southern California in the 60’s. Her deep love for the coast and its rolling landscapes and laidback lifestyle are still a big part of who she is, as evidenced in the freeform playfulness and lightheartedness of her art.  Though she now lives in North Scottsdale, Arizona, she remains a beach baby at heart.  Her journey has taken her through a few chapters, moving to Arizona in the fifth grade, returning to California in her twenties, where she married and had her daughter, Macy.  She traded the coast for a slower pace, raising her daughter in an idyllic, Mayberry-like lake town in Minnesota.  Eventually, life brought her almost full circle back out West.

Embracing art as a second career, or, as she says, a calling, has transformed her life in ways she could never have imagined.  She now realizes that her lifelong leanings - her love of and fascination with color, line, and free-flowing movement could never have remained dormant.  She fully intends to spend the rest of her life in the joyful indulgence of every previously-repressed artistic quirk, allowing them to manifest in any form they choose.  She sees her art as a homecoming of her soul - a seeking and celebration of authenticity, vulnerability, joy, and the unexpected, reminding herself and others that it’s never too late to embrace your true calling and create a life filled with passion, purpose, and creativity.

Lisa’s art is in private collections across the country, from Del Mar, California, to New York City.  Her art was recently selected for the “Orange” Exhibition, and also the “Green” Exhibition, at FoundRE Contemporary, in Phoenix, Arizona.  Most recently, her piece, "Star Circus" won a first place award in the "Joyworks: Celebrating the Power of Art" Exhibit at the Sonoran Arts League Gallery in Carefree, Arizona.  She currently has a diptych on ongoing display at Lume in West Village, New York City.