Lisa explains her art process as complicated, because it’s completely intuitive. She works with multiple layers on multiple canvases at a time. As she starts to layer the canvas with paint, the art begins to reveal itself and becomes alive. “I almost always start the first layer with a prayer. I write it in with a crayon or workable pencil and then I work with that shape and that morphs into something else. I like to embed intention into the painting so that it is a collaborative effect.”

Before Lisa was a painter, she was a metal sculptor with a thriving business, Garden Deva. She has a reputation that if you buy a Deva sculpture, your garden will grow. I attest to this, as my garden thrives centered around my handmade Bella sculpture gifted from Lisa. For 25 years Lisa mastered the medium of metalsmith but wanted more. Mentored by the great artist, Cynthia Brown, the painter inside Lisa was born. She soon fell in love with this new medium and had a desire to paint every day. She encourages other artists to ‘activate’ their canvas daily and to never stop. She relates, “a lot of times we quit because of fear of not being successful. And that success is often right around the corner. If you really feel passionate about it, just keep moving through it and keep painting.”