Author Archives: lisangart

I came across a free library in my neighbourhood! I didn’t have any books on me at the time but left a little art card. In the least I figured it’d make a good bookmark. Went back a week later to find it missing and all the books all different. Since then I’m hooked, beenContinue reading “Free Prints At The Free Library”

Yikes! I’m featured in 2 curated collections this month. Both websites have thousands to choose from so it’s always an honour to be selected in a curated collection. They usually drive a lot of attention to my art so if there’s one you’ve been eyeing for awhile I’d act fast before someone else takes it!Continue reading “Doors Are Opening!”

I finished my painting yes I did. Atlantic Wolf Fish In Fishnetacrylic on canvas9 x 12 x 1.5 inches2020$400 CAD An Ugly Animal In A Cute Outfit, this one’s in fishnet. The Atlantic Wolffish lives by the rocky ocean bottom dining on lobsters and other crustaceans. Included is Salvador Dali’s Lobster Telephone and a throwbackContinue reading “Atlantic Wolffish In Fishnet”

You can order custom stamps with my paintings on them now! Get a booklet of 12 stamps for $24 + shipping or a sheet of 50 stamps for $90 + shipping. Stamps for mailing to the USA and international mailing also available just DM for details! Great for holiday mailers and party invites. Pick anyContinue reading “My Art On Canadian Stamps!”

An Ugly Animal In A Cute Outfit, this one’s in a tutu. The star nosed mole, native to Newfoundland where you’ll be able to find artist Mary Pratt paintings, they eat fish also so suitable this one has one of her paintings! Living underground, feasting on worms and molluscs, the star nosed mole can smellContinue reading “Star Nosed Mole In A Tutu”

Listening to a podcast on Baroque artist Jusepe De Ribera 1591 – 1652, I learned he was proud of who he was, a Spaniard in Italy. He played that part of himself up in his signage and setting himself apart from Caravaggio, a direct influence. He married into an art dealer’s family and plotted himselfContinue reading “What is this Role of Uncomfortable Art? Jusepe De Ribera and My Booby Painting”

Aye finished a painting! Part of an ongoing series featuring Ugly Animals In Cute Outfits, this one features a monkey type creature called an aye aye in a lacy nightie. Legend has it if you find an aye aye and it points its long middle finger at you, it means death and you must killContinue reading “What’s An Aye Aye? In the Aye of the Beholder.”

People ask, “Where do you get your inspiration?” From everywhere really: dreams, happenings, daily life and of course, other artists -it depends on the piece! A few years ago I re-did Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa by featuring myself in pink fur as the, “Furry Lisa.” I thought about this painting again recently when IContinue reading “Where Do You Get Your Inspiration? Leonardo Da Vinci and His Mona Lisa.”

A collection of 10, 4 by 4 feet acrylic on canvas paintings completed between 2018 and 2020. A celebration of adaptability and individuality, each animal of a different species adapts to a different room of the house as they learn to coexist under the same roof. A thriving structure of life and the versatility ofContinue reading “Animal Dream Home”