lisahuntart | April 2, 2012
When I asked my friend Lesley Morrison to pose for a bird, she chose Hawk-Shapeshifter. As I began sketching, it became apparent that this piece would encompass vistas and layers of landscapes–internal and external…
Category: Bird Oracle, Family, Pets |
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Tags: artwork, Beatrix Potter, chalk art, courage, creativity, drawing, Fairy Tale Corners, hawk, hawk-shapeshifter, inspiration, journey, Lesley Morrison, Lisa Hunt, sketching, The Healing Wisdom of Birds
lisahuntart | November 4, 2011
I’m not a big fan of using photographic reference. For me, I feel it tends to impede my creative flow. But sometimes a photograph will provide the artist with a peek at the world from a new point of view. When I rely too much on my own mental resources without refreshing the internal well, there is a potential for stagnation and redundancy…
Category: Announcements, Bird Oracle, Family, Inspiration |
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Tags: contest, creativity, drawing, Emily Carding, Flamingo Gardens, humble, inspiration, Lesley Morrison, Moxie Nox, painting, parrot, parrot-shapeshifter, photographic reference, PTA Reflections Contest, shapeshifter, The Healing Wisdom of Birds, watercolors
lisahuntart | October 7, 2011
I had no idea where I was going to take Loon-Shapeshifter. It was a piece that evolved through feelings, nostalgia and from a place where simplicity was beautiful and complex. Loon-Shapeshifter was not the subject of this painting, but part of a wider story where trees, water and sky all merge together seamless harmony. Loon quietly skims the soothing cool waters, reflecting the monochromatic landscape–neutral, peaceful and deeply connected to the universe…
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Tags: Lesley Morrison, Lisa Hunt, loon, mascoid, painting process, shapeshifter, watercolors
lisahuntart | August 7, 2011
I was and still am a daydreamer. What does that oft misunderstood term mean to me? For me, it’s about letting my foot dangle in the cool waters of dream imagery–where the slightest, most unassuming thing can initiate a fit of daydreaming, active imagination, and fantasizing. Basically, when I’m not drawing, painting or writing, I’m thinking about drawing, painting and writing, at least on a subconscious level…
Category: Bird Oracle, Family, Inspiration, Pets |
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Tags: active imagination, artwork, bird, clouds, creativity, daydreaming, doodles, drawing, dreams, inspiration, Kort Kramer, Lesley Morrison, Lisa Hunt, loon, shapeshifter, sketching, subconscious
lisahuntart | March 25, 2011
After the intensity that accompanied the Ghosts and Spirits Tarot work, my new project provides the perfect calm that I now need to refill my creative well. Birds have always been supporting and sometimes leading subjects in my work…
Category: Bird Oracle, Out and About |
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Tags: animal, artwork, creativity, drawing, Florida, Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, inspiration, Lake Wales, Lesley Morrison, painting, shapeshifter, sketching, spirit, swan, The Healing Wisdom of Birds, vulture, watercolors