Winter Painting

Lisa Libby is a portrait artist influenced by the post-impressionism and Expressionism. She mainly paints portraits but explores various subjects and techniques. She is a curious creator who is always learning new ways to express and communicate her feelings through creation. She is a self-published author of the Novel, In the Red, and short story, Galaxy Point. When she is not writing stories, she writes poetry in her private journals. In 2025, she started designing and crafting Holiday Ornaments, which will continue to be a yearly tradition. Process: Lisa’s process for painting a piece begins with a fast painted outline Once the outline is mapped out on the canvas, Lisa blocks out the darkest shaded areas and lightest points. Her first focus when beginning new work is to lay down the light and shade and then introduce shapes of color. She paints fast for the first layer and then slows down when fine tuning the details. Most of her artwork is finished in 3-5 sessions, taking sometimes 1-week to a month to complete. She likes to allow her work to breath and sometimes leaves it on the easel to observe and tweak as needed. However, once she feels the inspiration fading, she knows the art is completed. She enjoys taking several photos of unfinished work in various lighting and angles to observe how the portrait feels under different light and to archive her process. In the past, the last step of finishing her work was to sign her name in cursive at the bottom left corner of each canvas. However, beginning in 2023 she changed her signature style and method. Current work will sign using only her last name in all capital print on the right or left side of the canvas. You can recognize Lisa’s older work by the cursive signature on the lower left side of the canvas. Lisa has a unique brushstroke finishing technique that she uses in all her work. For the last layer of her work, she applies tiny amount of paint on her dry paint brush and goes over the lightest points on the canvas. This leaves almost a crayon affect that highlights the lightest parts of the painting. Another technique you will notice in her work is the layering of various colors building the shapes from larger to smaller so you can still see a peek of the brush strokes under the layers. Born in the small town of Rochester, New Hampshire. She grew up across the State border in even smaller town, Lebanon, Maine.