Author Archives: lisangart

Getting sad finishing another big painting. I got snappy at my therapist a couple weeks ago because she was asking about my new painting, and then there was that delivery guy a while back who seemed curious, whom I hustled out the door, those 2 incidents combined made me feel bad. Then I joined anContinue reading “20:30 Feeling Sad to Finish this Grumpy Chapter”

Wow I painted these 17 years ago.. I showed a series of 30 cannibal paintings for AWOL Gallery (now gone AWOL) in Toronto. I remember how lovely it was my friends showed up and met some fellow artists I would soon follow very closely as our careers blossomed overtime. It was an art show forContinue reading “17 years ago..”

So excited to share my ripple in a rainbow 🌈 I love painting rainbows. Weren’t they the envy of every person’s childhood? They never cease to amaze me, all the beautiful colours of our sun. I feel bad I charge so much for my paintings in this economy, but a ripple in a rainbow isContinue reading “Paint a ripple in a rainbow with me 🌈”

Painting wild flowers, I see them on my scenic drive to work. #painting #wildflowers #inspirational

are great for painting! and drinking soup! and feeling blue.. and being wet with frogs 🐸 What painter doesn’t like a good rainy day? I miss painting soup, I think about this painting anytime it rains and I’m craving soup. I also got a Picasso Blue Period where I mashed up all my favorite blues.Continue reading “Rainy Days..”

A collection of cute fluffy things I’ve painted over the years. Sometimes as adults you just need a good cuddle and a snuggle too, sometimes I think it’s nice to be reminded that inside each of us is still a kid longing for a hug. The soul can harden with age and these paintings softenContinue reading “Why do I paint cute fluffy things?”

Hoarding Squirrel acrylic on canvas 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches i painted this a long time ago and hid a bunch of stuff in it! Can you find my signature, a gold fish, and a tetris piece? #surrealism #squirrel #inspirational

I like the Curry’s and Aboveground #0s. I was really into dragons as a kid. I had a collection of dungeons and dragons cards I took from my brother’s room, mostly just for the pictures. I remember the dragons came in all sorts of beautiful colours, dark black and blues to iridescent pastels of shimmeryContinue reading “Send tiny paint brushes!”

An Ugly Animal In A Cute Outfit, the warthog runs from predators rather than confronts and therefore he is a natural athlete and an obvious sneaker head. Decked out in holiday lights he illuminates his shelf of track and field trophies and his famous Basquiat painting. A herbivore as well, included is a salad. UglyContinue reading “Which one of my paintings is an Olympian?”

I really like painting but don’t always want to talk about what I’m painting and why. It’s feels too personal and didatic for me to reveal. My paintings are open to interpretation but if you have specfic questions, I can try to answer them. Life’s too short for me to be talking and selling paintingContinue reading “Lisa Ng The Elusive Surrealist Painter”