I needed an artist statement for The Glenwood Sunday Winter Market

Artist and Craft Statement for Lisa, written by Mike

My art is a reflection of who I am, at that very moment; what inexplicable force moves my hand in certain ways and which muse inspires me to create a piece of art from a vision or feeling I cannot let go. Always the rebel and never accepting the “norm”, I create what I feel with no mind towards what is acceptable in art or in life.

I proudly consider myself part of the “outsider” art movement; with no formal education, my perspective is unique in that arises from what I feel rather than what I have been taught. I take my inspiration from what moves me, not where I have been instructed to.

I enjoy working in different mediums; from acrylic paints to three-dimensional objects, from ink to cardboard, from glue to paper. I enjoy texture; I use recycled paper and material, help it evolve and become part of my art. I enjoy using reclaimed wood; it makes a wonderful canvas. Everything I see becomes a medium I must use.

 

Sunday, December 11 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at The Glenwood  6962 N. Glenwood



 

It takes a lot of work always being honest and fare.

I often think of Jake at this time of year as well as in spring, spring is birth and autumn is death.
I've been keeping myself sane by doing lots of paper bag art. The physical movement of applying the paint and rolling it out, then the crumbling of the paper with paint all over my hands, the tearing of the paper and the adhering the torn pieces of paper to the canvas. All so good for my soul.

Char & Hannah in Georgia this summer at Ritas for some ice cream

Hannah is doing well in her 3rd year of high school. No needing to come home sick :  ) No barfing at the front door. She continues to practice and play wheelchair basketball...go BULLS go...HUH! This year Hannah is learning some job training along with life skills courses. This summer she was in a 3 week work program at IKEA and did very well!  :  )  Go Hannah Grace! and as always I have to add on her behalf how much she loves scrap booking. Who knew we would turn out to be artists :  )

Mike is good :  ) Enjoying the new company he has been working for since January this year. A year ago at this time Mike was unemployed  : /  So glad we are not in that place anymore. I'm so proud of Mike and so grateful for him and all he does with us and for us.

Zackery now 22, decided to not go back to school this fall and has been living with us. I hate it! Sorry to just put it out there. I think because I see myself as a different parent to him now, I think he needs to see me/us different and give more respect to us. I need to come up with a contract of sort. That way its all on table.

Me...trying to do a self portrait :  )

Here is my 5x4 canvas

A few months back I had painted it red and green and then I "lost it" whatever it was that inspired me to paint it that way. So after this large piece has now sat around, I decided it needed some paper bag art on it.

This time I challenged myself to not use oranges, yellow and reds

Here I laid out the land

I have gotten my inspiration for this piece from the painting by Egon Schiele's painting Four trees.

At this point I will leave it for when I have a full day or two all to myself and put some trees on it or something. 

Here it stands with another paper bag art piece. I had made a piece exactly like list for the festival this summer and really felt the need to do it again. I only had it for four days...I made it and sold it...then I missed it.

I will be putting leaves on these 2 trees next.

Hope you are all well

Now I'm off to do some blog catching up.

Enjoy your day

Lisa D.

Living gratefully and thinking of you all friends~family~bloggers

As I sat in the living room this morning putting my socks & boots on, the thought came to me "how lucky I am"   I'm not really one who looks for bliss, or living the dream, I don't think I've ever thought of myself as being lucky. Today though, while walking through the house half dressed, cup of coffee in hand that Mike had made before his 3 mile walk with PeJoe. The pile of  clothes in the bedroom and then the pile on the dining room table that was there from last night after drying it all day outside because I don't want to buy a new dryer. The living room table with the morning sun on it showed  a lot of our animals furr, which we have our animals because of me. I could go on and on about how living with me can be difficult, most days, but my man Mike...he is the best and I am totally lucky that he loves me and gets me and understands that it is more important for me to art then it is to put all these fricken piles of laundry away or vacuum or such.

Journal page from the other day

                                              Journal spread after my trip to DC with Mike

                                                      My girl Matilda Rae 1999~2011

                                               My girl Char ready to make some art!

                                                   I'm beginning to think Cal has his Dads legs.

                                                              Zackery and Amy

                                              Oh Mr. Brady  with PeJoe      good friends 

       Its hard at times to believe this is my son...I thought he was like six or something...Time does fly

One of my best paintings recently.

SOLD at the festival.

Maybe its time I make another :  )

Festival~Smiles~Friends

Well, my first festival was a success! I so enjoyed seeing people that I haven't seen for a bit and meeting new ones. I spent the weekend smiling :  )

 This piece "paperbag tree" was the talk of the tent :  )

 Here I am with a lady I haven't seen for a bit! Joey took my "first" Omo people and my new paperbag tree.

I'm honored.

Another friend, Joyce came to see me.

Her son is the same age as Zack and Joeys son Jeremiah.

Was nice to connect with others who are going through raising a 22 yr guy. Funny...thinking about it now, on Friday Joann came to see me. Three J's in a weekend.

At the last minute I grabbed my Let's art sign to hang on the tent  :  )

I am off to unpack from the festival and still from GA.

This has been a wild and emotional summer and I am so

looking forward to autumn normalcy...lol...whatever that even means.

Happy day to you

Come see me Saturday or Sunday August 20 & 21 noon to 9 pm

I will be here all day Saturday and Sunday August 20 & 21

GlenwoodAve Arts District

Come see me if you can

Noon to 9pm

I plan on having several paintings, handmade art journals, who knows what I might come up with.

I appreciate all the support all of you have given me  :  )

Allowed me to feel brave enough to "go" out there and show my stuff!   :  )  

Big hugs everybody    

 Come see me on August 20 or 21 and give me a real hug.

I have several large pieces hanging right now at The Glenwood Bar...you can join me there September 1st from 5 to 8 pm

Did someone say August was here?

Cal~El~Lisa~Char~Hannah

Costumes for Cal's video

This year 2011 has been one huge emotional ride for me and my family.
Mothers Day happened to fall on my Jake's death day, 12 years ago.
Loosing my brother in law to cancer.
I have had art commitments and have felt pushed at times to create, when all I wanted to do was mourn.
I paint from within and my from within is usually about Mike and the kids, regular life issues with a special needs kid.

Now I'm full of emotions for Jake and for Dan also.
Today Dan would have been 44
His children are here with us.
The girls and I went to the bakery to buy Dad a birthday cake.
Char & Cal said Dad loved chocolate, so we got a chocolate cake with chocolate inside and chocolate frosting. L0L...we'll go to the park and have it there, so Dan can look down and see his children playing on his day. Cal told me he had a dream that indicated to him that daddy was comfortable living in what seems to be a cafeteria and he can eat all he wants all day long!
I love these two kids

So here I am letting you know my life has been consumed with emotion and love and art
I made several art journals before the children arrived and when I get my chances, I'll go work a bit on them.
Next week we will be back in GA and able to see all the lovely people that Dan introduced us to and we will once again celebrate Dans life, this time among hundreds of people that he touched in one way or another.
When we return, I will have 5 days to prepare for my VERY first art festival   :  )
I hope I have enough to cover the two tables I'm renting.
I will post the info for the festival, just in case you're in town that weekend.

Hugs to you all
Lisa D.

 

Just a few photos

My art is going up this Thursday at The Glenwood

With so much going on this summer I don't know how I've managed to paint anything.

 

This photo is of the Round Robin I did a few months back, this one is mine

and this one is Granny's

I think in the end we were all very happy with what we started with and what we ended up with.

A few more weeks and Cal & Char will be back :  ) and we decided to do my art show that week.

Back to painting

p.s. as I gather the paintings that I'll be taking this Thursday I hope to do a photo with them all.

Keep cool

Lisa D.