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. I do not see myself as an art business. I create "original-one of a kind" paintings that help me learn and then I want to share them with others.
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. I do not see myself as an art business. I create "original-one of a kind" paintings that help me learn and then I want to share them with others.
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.