My soul dances on canvas. Lisa Tousignant
Behind the Brush
Meet Lisa Tousignant
What is your artistic style?
I am an explorational abstract artist, emphasizing texture and dimension using mixed media and acrylics on canvas.
Why do you make art?
I make art as a spiritual practice. I go to the studio because I want to know more deeply the truth of life and love, and everything that relates to it. I want to know more clearly who I am and what my purpose is. I want to love more purely myself and others, my creator, and this creation. Making art nurtures and guides me along this path.
What inspires you?
Music inspires me. Listening to music with my eyes closed, I see in my mind's eye ethereal images gently, beautifully moving, yes, dancing to the rhythm of the music. It's as if my soul is dancing.
I am inspired when I am in nature. Time outside helps the limiting patterns of my thinking release and fall away. I can take a short walk in the woods or my neighborhood and am amazed at the inspiration that pours into me as I step to the rhythm of my breath. Once my mind has become still, everywhere I turn, I observe lines and textures that nature has created. Rocks, plants, and bugs inspire. The way water intensifies colors inspires. The way plant life moves in gently flowing water; the leaves of a tree flutter in a gentle breeze; the clouds moving along, changing shapes up in the sky...all these inspire me. I am mesmerized by the way nature dances and I bring its movements and feelings into my paintings.
More recently, I have become enthralled by the idea of "waking things up" that have been resting in my art and craft supply. I love adding beads, threads, broken jewelry and anything "bling" into my art. It's fun for me to see things take on a new way of expression. I think the subtle and brief reflection of light off objects in my paintings is much like life's joyful moments. They are often just for a brief moment, but if looked again from another angle or in a different light, one can catch another glimpse.
I deeply desire to use my art as a way to serve. Every piece I create is held in light and love for good. I hold whoever might be inspired by my art in light and love.
Thank you for visiting my website. I invite you to contact me at lisatousignantfineart@gmail.com with inquiries about my paintings and how to see them in person, which I think is the best way to experience them. Of course, I am bias.
I am an explorational abstract artist, emphasizing texture and dimension using mixed media and acrylics on canvas.
Why do you make art?
I make art as a spiritual practice. I go to the studio because I want to know more deeply the truth of life and love, and everything that relates to it. I want to know more clearly who I am and what my purpose is. I want to love more purely myself and others, my creator, and this creation. Making art nurtures and guides me along this path.
What inspires you?
Music inspires me. Listening to music with my eyes closed, I see in my mind's eye ethereal images gently, beautifully moving, yes, dancing to the rhythm of the music. It's as if my soul is dancing.
I am inspired when I am in nature. Time outside helps the limiting patterns of my thinking release and fall away. I can take a short walk in the woods or my neighborhood and am amazed at the inspiration that pours into me as I step to the rhythm of my breath. Once my mind has become still, everywhere I turn, I observe lines and textures that nature has created. Rocks, plants, and bugs inspire. The way water intensifies colors inspires. The way plant life moves in gently flowing water; the leaves of a tree flutter in a gentle breeze; the clouds moving along, changing shapes up in the sky...all these inspire me. I am mesmerized by the way nature dances and I bring its movements and feelings into my paintings.
More recently, I have become enthralled by the idea of "waking things up" that have been resting in my art and craft supply. I love adding beads, threads, broken jewelry and anything "bling" into my art. It's fun for me to see things take on a new way of expression. I think the subtle and brief reflection of light off objects in my paintings is much like life's joyful moments. They are often just for a brief moment, but if looked again from another angle or in a different light, one can catch another glimpse.
I deeply desire to use my art as a way to serve. Every piece I create is held in light and love for good. I hold whoever might be inspired by my art in light and love.
Thank you for visiting my website. I invite you to contact me at lisatousignantfineart@gmail.com with inquiries about my paintings and how to see them in person, which I think is the best way to experience them. Of course, I am bias.