Artist Profile

"Beauty in art is truth bathed in an impression received from nature". ~Jean Baptiste-Camille Corot

Focused on looking at subject matter from a metaphorical standpoint, Lisa Reid’s paintings have secondary levels of interest. Primarily now in oil, but working concurrently in watercolor, they are conceived not only as an artistic expression but speak to a personal exploration of emotions that she sees reflected in the landscape or any subject matter she is studying.

Her viewpoint also has a spiritual element coming from the background of a clergy family growing up in the Hawaiian Islands. She studied painting and drawing at Ohio State University and followed up a BFA in Fine Art with workshops with preeminent teachers such as Katherine Chang Liu, Peggy Kroll Roberts, and recently Quang Ho.

Artistically influenced by historic artists such as Monet, Sargent & the California Impressionists, it is current work from her teachers as well as Kevin McPherson & Marcia Burtt that inspire a soft, looser treatment of pigment on the canvas.

She paints “en plein air” whenever possible to capture a freshness of light and impressin, but also works in the studio a great deal where her spiritual concepts can surface more readily. There is a sense of joy in her work and a sense of place from the many venues she has lived in a peripatetic life that moved her from Hawaii, to Ohio, then California where she now splits her time between the Napa Valley and Houston, Texas.

Her heart sings in the beauty of wine country, but her family grounds her in Texas. Where ever she is there is a desire to see something more from God’s world than at the casual glance. It is this second look to deeper themes that make her work unique and appealing.