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In 1988 I obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Studio Arts: Painting, Drawing and Illustration from the Ohio University.
To this day I continue studying art and learning new processes and techniques. I am drawn to crafts, so things like cutting my own cork block and collage work really appeal to me. Currently, I am using acrylics and oil. I love experimenting with abstracts, encaustic, and jewerly making.
I have always had a special place in my heart for animals and birds. I want to learn all I can about them and do what I can to protect them. For 8 years I volunteered, then worked as a Wildlife Technician at a Nature Center in Roswell, GA. It was the most gratifying work to be able to help injured animals & birds get rehabbed back to health.
Lisa holding a beaver that she helped raise while working at the Chatahoochee Nature Center In Roswell, Georgia
In 1997 my husband and I moved to Bisbee, Arizona. We worked for a bird observatory, me assisting with the banding stations, and he as a bird guide. After a couple of years I had my own master bander’s permit and became a station manager, and ran my own banding projects. Meanwhile, my creative efforts went into owning a small artist consignment shop in downtown Bisbee, Arizona called Sunny Daze. In 2002 I realized that all I wanted to do was paint and found it difficult to do so while running a store and banding. I sold the shop and moved onto just the bird banding and creating.
Lisa banding for Bureau Land Management, AZ, banding for Nat'l Park Service, AZ holding a Montezuma Quail
By 2006 my art could be seen in the form of note cards, magnets and t-shirts all over the region and into California. I had created artwork for many t-shirt projects; Sea & Sage Audubon, Mono Lake Committee, and for the Southwest Wings Birding Festival 3 years in a row. After an employee from USFWS saw my design on a hat, he hired me to create four posters representing the threatened species of 4 different military installations, 2 in NM and 2 in AZ. I am currently working a second set of posters, and a hat project as well.
In August 08, my husband and I relocated to Swannanoa, NC just outside of Asheville. We are really enjoying this very diverse part of the country, and the refreshing weather. Soon, I will be painting in the yurt we recently obtained...
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