Portfolio
My work has evolved through many stages since I began the serious practice of art more than 15 years ago. Curiosity about materials and methods (some ancient) inspire the themes displayed in my portfolio. It is a record of techniques and concepts responding to each other, taking me to new places and sowing the seeds of new projects.
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Methods and Practice
I have a special interest in historical and traditional water-based paint, pigments, and inks. The longer I paint with watercolor, the more I appreciate the water side of its nature. Earlier, tightly controlled brushwork, with pen-like detail, has evolved t0 mark-making by modifying substrates with pressure, scratching, or embossing, creating a terrain into which the pigment flows, fills, and dissipates by its own nature.
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Available Works
Visit my gallery at Saatchi Art to view work available to purchase online. I am honored to be a featured artist among their curated collections, and participated in-person in their regional shows. My work is also offered in galleries, shows, and in-studio. I work to commission, in the styles seen in my portfolio. Contact me, or follow me on Instagram for information about upcoming events.
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Lisse Williams
The work of Lisse Williams pulls from a life haunted by the desire to explore and seek to understand our place within the larger whole. From bronze foundries in the desert of the southwest to welding in the bellies of fishing boats of Alaska, to small farms of Maine; years were spent seeking out new experiences. Amongst all of this was a love of understanding how we inhabit space, how we beautify our lives, and work to coexist with the natural world. Pivotal amongst all of this was the year and a half spent at Arcosanti, in Arizona, an architectural laboratory created by Paolo Soleri. This set the tone for years of contemplation on how we divide ourselves and co mingle with the world; how we choose to set our spaces, together or apart, how we celebrate the natural world or separate from it. The work she creates deeply expresses these thoughts, through the abstraction of our natural world into chaotic terrains, coupled with elegantly ornamented patterns. Her botanical works are odes to the ephemeral beauty before us. She resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she is currently a student of Art History and Fine Art, with the hopes of teaching.
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Recent Exhibitions & EventsIGG Gallery Eastern Michigan University Structures & Terrain Solo Exhibition of works spanning the years 2022-2024 2024 - October 7- October 21 Student Center Building 2nd Floor Reception - TBA Gutman Gallery Pigment Skill Share In person workshop 2024 - September 25th 5pm - 7pm James May Gallery The Art of Water IV In person and online ARTSY 2024 - April 30 - May 25 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Matthaei Botanical Gardens Visitor Center Solo Terrains and forms: Patterns in Nature 2024 - March 2 - April 14 Ann Arbor, MI Grosse Point Artists Association 'Todays Weather' - Group Exhibition 2024 - January 28- March 2 Grosse Point, MI CVShows and Exhibits
2023 - Grantee of Michigan ARPA grant towards project funding – Pigment studies 2023 - The Other Art Fair Chicago 2023 - The Other Art Fair Los Angeles 2023 - Scarab Club Detroit Gilda Snowden memorial Exhibition 2023 - The Art Center Highland Park – Borders and borderlines 2023 - James May Gallery – The Art of Water 2022 – Kresge Foundation ‘Art in the Office’ (corporate purchase for works on loan to employees) 2022– The Guild of Ann Arbor spring members show 2022 – Donation /sale of work to Ukrainian National Woman’s League through CultureVerse A2 2019/2021 – Studio work – creating new body of work/return to school 2018 – West Side Art Hop 2018 – Midland Summer Art Fair 2018 – Michigan Institute of Art holiday show 2017 - Ann Arbor Street Fair, The Original, Ann Arbor, MI 2017 - Detroit Artists Market Garden Party Show, Detroit, MI 2017 - Elevating Nature, Oak Park Art League, Chicago, IL 2017 - Midland Summer Art Fair, Midland, MI 2017 - West Side Art Hop Spring Art Show, Ann Arbor, MI 2017 - Traverse Higher Art gallery, Traverse City, MI 2017 - The Eyrie Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI 2017 - Detroit Artists Market Gallery, Detroit, MI 2016 - The Guild Royal Oak Holiday Market, Royal Oak, MI 2016 - Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art Holiday Show, East Lansing, MI 2016 - West Side Art Hop Fall Art Show, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 - Manchester Open house, Fall Show, Manchester MI 2016 - Common Ground Art Fair, Birmingham, MI 2016 - Flight, Solo Show, A2 Yoga Center, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 - Traverse Higher Art Exhibition, Traverse City, MI 2016 - State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 - Midland Summer Art Fair, Midland, MI 2016 - Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Midland Museum of Arts and Science, MIdland, MI 2016 - Figure, Flora, Flight, Solo Show, East Arbor Architecture, East Lansing, MI 2016 - The Eyrie Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI 2015 - Tiny Expo, AADL, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 - The Guild Holiday Art Show, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 - Funky ferndale Art Fair, Ferndale, MI 2015 - The Eyrie Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI 2015 - West Side Art Hop, Ann Arbor, MI 2015 - Sunday Artisans Market, Ann Arbor, MI Awards 2017 - Poster for Common Ground Art Fair, Birmingham, MI 2016 - Best in Show Midland Summer Art Fair 2016 2015 - Honourable Mention The Guild of Ann Arbor Holiday Show 2015 Artist Talks and Events 2017 - Midland Artists group – Artist invitation to speak with Midland Arts collective. 2017 - Sunshine special – young 5’s group watercolor class |