ARTIST STATEMENT & BIOGRAPHY

                      BIOGRAPHY

 

Lisa grew up on a farm in the 1960’s and 70’s southeast of Regina, Saskatchewan’s capital. Her family’s livelihood of growing crops and garden produce as well as raising livestock were instrumental in shaping her love of rural prairie living where the nearby communities were small and everyone knew their neighbour well. Lisa’s appreciation of the prairie landscape took strong roots in these years as she enjoyed the ever changing views from sunrise to sunset. She loved observing nature, the changing light through the day, and the changing seasons. Art was something Lisa had long had an interest in and love for. Her parents and grandparents had all been collectors of fine art. In 2018 Lisa began taking lessons on the fundamentals of oil painting by Juan Martinez in Regina at the beginning of 2019. Once Covid began and in person lessons were cancelled she began participating in online mentorship groups. Lisa has been painting almost daily since the beginning of 2019 mainly in her home studio but also occasionally en plein air. She retired from nursing in 2021 which has allowed her even more time to paint.

.                  ARTIST STATEMENT

Lisa is drawn to create a painting from her own life experience in which the moment creates an emotion of awe and wonder at the scene beheld. This may be inspired by varying subjects from people to landscape to interesting objects of beautiful colour, shape, or form. Painting in a representational style, she loves the interplay of light and colour, sharp lines and soft lines, and warmth and coolness. While she occasionally paints in multimedia, oil remains her favourite medium, allowing her to paint thin transparent layers or thick expressive marks. She both adds and removes paint using brush, palette knife, paper towel, plastic card, and even her fingers sometimes scraping the paint back down.

 

Achievements of Note       

Juried Show - 2025 Animal - FCA Gallery on Granville Island, Vancouver, BC; “To Greener Pastures”, oil painting accepted to gallery; “Prairie Kings”, “J’Adore”, & “Side By Side” selected for online exhibit.

Juried Show - 2025 EME - FCA Gallery on Granville Island, Vancouver, BC - January 7 - 26, 2025; “Approaching Twilight”, oil painting accepted to gallery.     

Joy lll - Juried Exhibit at Summer & Grace Gallery in Oakville, Ontario - “Snowed In Delight”, oil painting - November 28, 2024 thru February 2, 2025          

Juried Acceptance as an Exhibiting Member with the Federation of Canadian Artists - Certificate awarded on October 18, 2024

Juried Art Show - Canadian Art Daily’s “Northern Visions, August 2024

Juried Art Show - Petite Art Show “Spring Has Sprung”, May 2024

Juried Art Show - Federation of Canadian Artists’ 2024 “Annual International Representational Exhibition”, March 2024.

Art Collaboration with pianist/composer Margin Alexander in New York City, July 2023 - “Manhattan Canvas Stories”.

Juried Art Show - Mastrius Art Show “Land to Sky”, March 2023. 

WINNING AWARD - 1st Place Watermedia Category for “Red Mountain” - Scottsdale Artists School “Best & Brightest”

Juried Art Show - Scottsdale Artists School “Best & Brightest” - 2 paintings - February 2023.    

Juried Art Show - Mastrius Art Show “100 Days of Summer”, August 2022.

Juried Art Show - Square Foot Show “Life’s A Beach” June 15 - 17, 2022.

Artist Residency - Banff Boutique Inn, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 3 - 6, 2021