My current theme in painting is public lands. A few of my recent paintings include scenes from Boulder trails, NCAR, Caribou Ranch Open Space in Boulder County, and Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. I typically use a palette knife because I like the chunkier style, the forced looseness, and the minimal rinsing required. My main medium is acrylic on canvas, wood, or panel, and I also do plein air painting with oil. My work is impressionistic, textured, and vibrant.
Painting is meditative for me. I like the feeling of getting lost in the art. I like the feeling of waking up in the morning thinking about what I’ll paint next.
I find painting takes courage. When I’m feeling more tentative, I like to do small multiples. I often make hand-painted greeting cards as a way to get started.
I also like to paint birds, fish, and pet portraits! And I do some mixed media painted paper collage, too.
About Lisa Seaman Art
In college I majored in geology. I didn’t consider myself an artsy kid, more of a sporty kid, but looking back, I’ve always liked to make things. As a child, I loved building forts out of pillows, boxes, or snow. And through the years, I’ve created things via pottery, knitting, crochet, photography, watercolor, and now acrylic and oil painting. I’ve taken art classes from many teachers, both in person and online, and I’m always continuing my education and trying new things.
Painting has opened my eyes to the world around me. I see colors, shadows, clouds, plants, landscapes, and especially pets’ eyes in new ways. In my painting practice, I’m motivated by curiosity. Ooh, I want to paint this, and what will it look like?! I have to paint it to find out!
I’m a juried Artist Member of Open Studios in Boulder County, and I’m a member of Plein Air Artists of Colorado, Boulder Art Association, NoBo Art District.
I paint out of my home studio in Boulder, Colorado. And when I’m not painting, I enjoy hiking, singing in a choir, Cuban salsa dancing, and fermenting pickles from our backyard garden. Contact me if you’d like to visit my home studio and gallery.