Joppa Creative » Circus

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.

Lion (on vintage bean toss game)

Lisa — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:54:08 +0000

15″x17″ acrylic on vintage bean toss game

Meat Momma (The Circus Cook)

Lisa — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:51:48 +0000

acrylic and pencil on paper

The Seer

Lisa — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:41:52 +0000

“The Seer” outline and then final drawing of the woman with a prosthetic arm – marker, acrylic and watercolor on paper.

“I need no eyes to see the story written in the texture
of your clothes, your scent, where your voice lilts
to a yearning keen with want, and desire.
I listen, the only sound the click of my wooden finger
sliding a silver piece across the table.
Fortunes, for us both.”
~ written by Betsy Shea Davis.

This is the first of several planned circus sideshow posters.

The Vain Bird

Lisa — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:32:26 +0000

postcard from the early 1900s, inspiration for a transgendered ‘bird’