Artist's Journal

The popular artist blog by abstract artist, Lisa Daniel.

It’s all in who you know….

DEEP PURPLE   Working on some small pieces in preparation for the Tacoma Studio tours in Oct. (Hope you’re coming-Oct 17th & 18th!) This one is coming along….love deep purple so much! The color and the band. I think I just dated myself. Let me know if you know who Deep Purple is and if…

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Every day is a holiday!

SHINY IS MY JAM  Loving this beautiful green and gold combo…this is a detailed shot. Right after a pour, I sprinkled glitter into the pour and it defined these amazing shapes! Ohhlala!!  

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EBBS & FLOWS

The ebbs & flows of life as an artist. You can say it’s a constant movement. Oh so many things happen to us: turning a corner, a false sense of security, telling our truth & being vulnerable, rejections, acceptions, threats/challenges of all shapes & sizes, really big highs, really big lows, etc. The list goes…

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I’M SO TRANSPARENT

ALMOST WATER COLOR LIKE  So if you have been watching me on any of my social media platforms, you may have noticed that I am experimenting with pouring super thin pours. Pouring just water on the canvas first then the very diluted paint into the water. Really hard to control but it is creating some…

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NOT TWITCHING ANYMORE

I AM SO IN LOVE WITH ORANGE  I recently moved into a new residence. Moving takes way more time and energy than you think-always does. So it’s been a minute since I‘ve been in the studio for any length of time, but I am back and working steadily again. Good thing, I started to twitch!…

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NINE-WOOHOO!

BLUE DETAIL Playing around with backgrounds-getting my hands in there creating fantastic texture! This is a detailed, close up of the texture. It has a visual and physical texture. There will be more layers like this, on top. Then I’ll start to pour on top of the texture…oohhlala!!!

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