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.
What inspires your art?
For me, art isn’t an escape - it’s the place I go after I’ve cleared my mind. Being in nature is how I get grounded. It's where the walls of my mind fall away, and insights come to me. I’m able to find clarity when I observe the lines and textures that nature has created in rocks, plants, and sky and the way water intensifies colors. I am mesmerized by the way the clouds dance, and I bring those 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.
My art is about consciousness. I love expressing onto canvas metaphysical or spiritual principles - giving form to something which is actually - beyond form. I’m moved most by trying to comprehend this idea of expanding my consciousness, and that’s where I channel my energy when I’m painting. Standing in front of a blank canvas, I have no destination in mind - I will get a movement or color at a time, but the rest of the painting reveals itself to me as it’s evolving. This process helps me find understanding and meaning in my life; it’s all about the spirit teaching me something about love, something that’s greater than all of us - and making art helps me experience a very small piece of it.
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.
What inspires your art?
For me, art isn’t an escape - it’s the place I go after I’ve cleared my mind. Being in nature is how I get grounded. It's where the walls of my mind fall away, and insights come to me. I’m able to find clarity when I observe the lines and textures that nature has created in rocks, plants, and sky and the way water intensifies colors. I am mesmerized by the way the clouds dance, and I bring those 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.
My art is about consciousness. I love expressing onto canvas metaphysical or spiritual principles - giving form to something which is actually - beyond form. I’m moved most by trying to comprehend this idea of expanding my consciousness, and that’s where I channel my energy when I’m painting. Standing in front of a blank canvas, I have no destination in mind - I will get a movement or color at a time, but the rest of the painting reveals itself to me as it’s evolving. This process helps me find understanding and meaning in my life; it’s all about the spirit teaching me something about love, something that’s greater than all of us - and making art helps me experience a very small piece of it.
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.