2024 already?

Apologies, it’s been a minute. I did finish a couple of large paintings:

Goat Cabinet Living Room
acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 x 1.5 inches
2023

A domesticated animal safari, organic, free range, IKEA? I’m not so sure myself.

Tigers In A Field Of Blue Fur
acrylic on canvas
60 x 24 x 1.5 inches
2023

(I’m still waiting for a better day to take some better pictures of this one.)

My son is a tiger in the Chinese zodiac, an ode to all the late nights and early mornings in twilight, nursing him.

I did a small commission of a blue tongued skink with a hippie patterned background:

Pets aren’t allowed in the building so when she says she has to tend to her painting of a blue tongued skink, she means just that. 

I also sold my Blobfish, it went to Japan just before the holidays:

Here is a piggy I’m working on now, it’s small. 9 x 12 inches:

I also finished another commission headed to Singapore, but I better wait a bit before I share it, as it’s a gift! 

Let me know if you have any questions, thanks for watching!

🐖 Lisa

I’m working on some new stuff: Acrylic on paper, postcard size, 5 x 7 inches. They’re short and sweet and great for popping off ideas.

Thank you everybody who peeped in on my art show!

It’s been hectic around here. Been starting the day at 4am, he likes to watch me paint.

A painting of a living room of animals as furniture, this painting is a sophisticated take on domestic life. A cross between man and nature, surreal and open to interpretation, there are more questions than answers here.

I’m showing Art this summer through July, August and September! This is the first exhibit since before the pandemic and having 2 babies. I have a focus on new work on the top portion, Animal Furniture, and a few pieces from my Ugly Animals In Cute Outfits series, bottom right. It’s BBQ summer weather also so I brought in an old classic, my Juicy Jumbo to celebrate. I’m told it will be up for Hamilton’s big Supercrawl too! What an honour 🔆

Hi hi hi been lousy updating, I had a baby about a year ago and then another just now, a year later! I now find myself a mother of 2 under 2 (go big or go home?) and although I consider all my paintings my babies, these little ones move so much faster. I moved back to my hometown, Hamilton ON and have set up shop here and have coined it The Zoo. I needed to be closer to family, “it takes a village,” and now the village has a painter! I haven’t much time to update but rest assured, thanks to the village, am still producing.

I bought a house with a studio:

and am living with minimal furniture. Been expanding on my series of animal furnishings to compensate. I started some work with coloured pencils. It’s a great medium to use when the little ones are up and terrorizing the place. I can start and stop as needed without having to wash paint brushes to tend to what I need to:

These are 5 x 7 inch postcards in size, I’m still getting to know the medium and tinkering around, searching for a more solidified format to unify them, but here is some work in progress. I’m thinking maybe a limited edition set in the future, we’ll see:

I was rounding out this crocodile couch but then got interrupted with a commission (more below). Nearly done and will get back to him soon:

Currently finishing up this commission for another Polar Chair. My previous ones are long gone but I gotta get me some snowblower paper, tis the season. Here is a teaser, more to follow:

Also taking orders for my postcard surprise pack of 10 for $35 CAD Inquire within! They make great stocking stuffers!

How has motherhood changed me/my art? I’m not sure it has but it’s accelerated the fact that time is finite! There’s just no time for wasting. I either work on stuff I really want to work on or I don’t work on it at all. But also:

Artists make worlds, mothers make inhabitants.

Most flattering quote as of late:

“Your art makes me feel like a kid again, but in a sophisticated way!”

I should take the time to savour little nuggets like that, yeah I’m gonna ❤️

A hedgehog sits up at night nestled in a cozy room of purple, red and blue flowers. The moon shines in the skylight, a furry of moths visit, celebratory lights are present, a rubber ducky sits in the corner and a basket of fruit brings good fortune and prosperity. Completed a day before the artist gave an unexpected early birth to her second child (how’s that for nesting?), just hours before her water broke, in fact. Things turned out fantastic and this painting brings good surprises.

All paintings are one of a kind originals. Finished with painted edges, 1.5 inches deep, they do not require a frame and are ready for your enjoyment, complete with hangy wire.

Prints and original available at Saatchi Art

A big panda cuddles with a panda cub in a cozy room of red peonies, pink cherry blossoms and orange kumquats! Covered in symbols of prosperity and good fortune, this painting will only bring joy to its owner. Spot the lucky bamboo and the panda paw print lantern. Painting comes with a carrot and a bowl of fruit for delectable snacking. A great painting for any caregiver/”caregivee” relationship, done while the artist is just getting to know her own little toddler at 1 year of age while pregnant with her second. The family’s rocking horse came in handy.

All paintings are one of a kind originals. Finished with painted edges, 1.5 inches deep, they do not require a frame and are ready for your enjoyment, complete with hangy wire.

Original painting and prints available at:

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Panda-Flowers/672002/9699965/view

Read more: Original Surrealist Painting Of A Panda With Cub

The forever elusive indoor chameleon in a world of blue. Featuring Picasso’s guitar player from his blue period, a Smurf and the universe’s very own blue marble, Planet Earth! A toddler in a blue striped onesie draws in the corner, the only hint of orange, red and yellow comes out of his hand, the only colours of hope. Completed during a rather blue period in my life with a lot of readjustment, including leaving old roots behind, switching cities and looking for a place of my family’s own, toppled with an ankle injury with a slow recovery, I am just coming out of it now with the prospect of settling in a new home and expecting a baby boy!

All four sides are painted and therefore painting does not require a frame. Complete with hangy wire it is ready for your enjoyment!

Original painting and prints available at:

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Indoor-Chameleon-In-Blue/672002/9574847/view

My forever elusive and colour changing indoor chameleon, see if you can catch him in one of his many patterns. Always surfing for a place to crash, so much of survival in the face of hardship is about adaptation, builds character! This one comes in tutti fruitti with a full zest for life. A grey cat plays with a red ball of yarn but hasn’t quite caught on to her new guest. A painting of a ship sailing in the storm under night vision hangs above the couch and the curtains above the windows just opened.

All four edges are painted and therefore does not require a frame, complete with hanging wire it is ready for your enjoyment.

Original painting and prints available @: SAATCHIART