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NEF Auction – starting 11/7

Lisa — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:22:41 +0000

The Newburyport Education Foundation is a local group that’s raised $2.2 million for our schools in the past 10 years. An amazing achievement. Their biggest event of the year, the annual auction, is coming and online bidding begins 11/7. Winners take all on Saturday, November 15th. I’ll have 2 pieces up for bidding – one in collaboration with the 8th grade Gold team, and this one below:

Untitled, 11″x14″ mixed media on panel

Giant Clam

Lisa — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:35:07 +0000

Painting over an old panel of Hermaphrodite with a Giant Clam.

An extreme close up of the extraordinary Giant Clam.

Art Walk – August 2014

Lisa — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 14:09:12 +0000

If you’re in the area, stop by the Newburyport Art Walk this weekend. I’ll be there painting outside Ivy Lane on Pleasant St. It should be a gorgeous Saturday for art and a stroll.
Pick up a brochure in any gallery, but hours are 3-7 Saturday, 1-5 Sunday

Deer Island Mermaid

Lisa — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:10:11 +0000

mixed media/altered etching – pen and ink, oil pastel and acrylic on paper

Joppa Flats

Lisa — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:04:14 +0000

mixed media – oil and acrylic on paper

Plum Island from above

Lisa — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:56:30 +0000

I’ve been into old travel posters and antique flight games for some time and picked up a 1927 deck of playing cards called Lindy and was charmed by the graphics. The painting below uses these cards in the background… an ariel view of Plum Island and the airstrip.

Tidepool Muscles

Lisa — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 18:38:32 +0000

16″x16″ oil pastel and acrylic on panel.

Mermaid on Driftwood

Lisa — Wed, 14 May 2014 18:09:51 +0000

Started with a piece of driftwood that begged for a mermaid. Ended up with a beautiful collaboration with Heidi Newfell, who painted the box and added the light fixture to our piece.

The Aerialist

Lisa — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:17:02 +0000

Oil pastel and acrylic on panel – 9″x11″

The Year of the Horse – 2014

Lisa — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:37:45 +0000

Last Summer I saw the exhibit called Samurai! at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and it simply blew my socks off. The diversity of materials, the craftsmanship, the pride and beauty displayed in the Japanese warrior culture, was something to behold. I spend two separate days drooling over helmets. Anyway, the stoic elegance of warriors (and their horses) has been on my mind.