Hi I'm Lisa,

In 2022, I sold the boutique that I had owned for 11 years. (That's a vignette from it on the left). I loved my store, loved my customers, loved my staff, but eventually, I burned out. Sam Keen says “burnout is nature’s way of telling you you’ve been going through the motions your soul has departed.” I took a while off after the sale and focused on resting my very tired soul and living in the moment. 

For too many years I had neglected the creative pull that tugged at me. I set up a studio in my house and waited for inspiration.  I waited a long time with no luck until I read a quote by Picasso that said "inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." So I started working.

I currently try to paint or draw every day.  Some days, everything is a failure. But in art as in life, the best teacher is our last mistake. And if you want to be good at something, you have to be willing to be bad at it. So I keep trying because you can't achieve what you don't attempt.  My hope is that my art evokes the same sense of peace I feel while creating it.

Thank you for being here.