Lisa’s Artistic career was launched with her first commission of the large pastel painting, ‘Giant Gerberas’ in 1998 and within 2 years she was fortunate enough to gain several more commissions and to date Lisa has collectors of her work locally and further afield such as in the United Kingdom and the United States.
March 2002, saw her first Art Exhibition entitled ‘The Grape Inspirations’ with fellow Artist Katie Dunn at the Garrick Gallery. Thanks to the success of this venture, Lisa continued to exhibit her work and over the following decade. 2003 ‘The Grape Return’ Exhibition at the Jersey Opera House, in 2004 ‘Four Seasons’, her first solo Art Exhibition and then in 2005 Lisa exhibited her most personal Exhibition entitled ‘The Elements’ and in 2007 she had work exhibited in the National Art Fund charity Exhibition.
During 2010 at the Sir John Cheshire Gallery, Lisa’s ‘Routes of Jersey’ Exhibition was kindly sponsored by Jersey Standard Chartered as her Artwork was inspired by the views and feelings that she had experienced when training for the Jersey Standard Marathon.
In 2004, 2018, 2021 and recently in 2024 Lisa’s work was selected for the JJ Fox International Channel Island’s Art Competition. The work being Exhibited both in Jersey and Guernsey
In 2019 Lisa had the time to finally finish her next body of work, resulting in her Exhibition entitled ‘Observation’ which Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management kindly sponsored.
One of Lisa’s favourite sentences while teaching in her Art classes, is “Observation, Observation, Observation”! Lisa believes Observation is the fundamental basis of all Art whether it is the simple practice of observing the world around you or being able to observe the thoughts in your mind. “My work is based on observed views and the narratives inspired by these observations”.
Lisa’s work for this Exhibition has been created in watercolour, mix media (predominantly a combination of candle wax, tissue paper and watercolour), Acrylic paint or bespoke lino cut prints.
The ‘Observation’ Exhibition was held for the month of October 2019 at the Fort Regent Gallery and was her most successful showing, to date.
In June 2021 Lisa was Artist in Residence on the Island of Crete at Elounda Island Villas, resort and Artistic retreat owned by the Greek Artist Leda Alexpoulou. The residency entailed directly responding to this unique place and creating an Art Installation for the resorts gardens.
In October 2022, Lisa was selected by ArtHouse Jersey to be part of the collaborative Exhibition, Through Three Women’s Eyes, along with local female Artists Lucy Fleming and Sophie De Faye at the Arthouse Jersey headquarters at the Greve de L’ecq Barracks and was again sponsored by Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management. Her work for this show was inspired by places that are often unseen or are places that simply people may not notice the beauty in. It was a mixture of her combination painting and the premiere showing of her pyrography work.
Lisa was pleased to have one of her ink works selected for this year’s CCA International Gallery Jersey Summer Exhibition.
Alongside her Art practice, Lisa has been busy working as a fully qualified freelance fitness instructor and an Art teacher for Highlands Colleges Adult Community Education and now as a freelance Art tutor working in the community. In 2023 Lisa trained to become an Artist Educator for Making Art Partnerships in School in conjunction with ArtHouse Jersey and CYPES which she continues with great passion to be involved with.
