Lissa,
a native Californian, grew up in Carmel, California. She spent part of
her high school years in Rome, Italy and has traveled extensively in
Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, Canada and New Zealand. She was
educated at UC Berkeley, the San Francisco Art Institute and the Academy
of Art.
After working at the San Francisco Museum of Art, Lissa moved in 1981
from San Francisco to Marin County, California with her husband and two
children.
It was there that she was introduced to plein air painting by East Bay
artist Pam Glover. After this introduction, Lissa concentrated on the
dramatic West Coast beaches, soft rolling hills, picturesque waterfront
vistas and scenic small villages of Northern California as the subject
matter for her colorful impressionistic paintings.
Lissa is a founding member of the BayWood Artists, a group of
professional landscape artists committed to raising public awareness for
the preservation of rural open space. She is also an Associate Artist
member of the California Art Club, and a member of Marin Open Studios
and the Bolinas Museum. Over the years, she has exhibited at the Bolinas
Museum, the California Heritage Gallery in San Francisco, MarinScapes in
Marin County, Arts Benecia, Sausalito Bay Model, Marin Open Studios,
Claudia Chaplin Gallery, and Point Reyes National Seashore Association
art exhibitions.
Lissa was a featured artist in the Plein Air Scene Newsletter
(June/July2001), and her painting “Stinson Dunes” was shown in Southwest
Art Magazine in October, 2001 under the “California, Best of the West”
section. She was the subject of a Point Reyes Light Newspaper article on
her solo show, “Coastal Impressions”, at the Bolinas Museum in 2001.
Lissa appeared with fellow artist Zenaida Mott in the September issue
2013 of Ross
Living Magazine in an article entitled, “Meet the Artists”. Most
recently Lissa is a featured artist in the December/January - 2014 issue
of Plein Air Magazine.
Lissa is an avid fly fisherwoman and outdoor enthusiast. She gets her
inspiration for many paintings from her travels, but it is the
tremendous beauty and variety of Marin County scenes that form the real
core of her art. She enjoys hiking and exploring in these incredible
North Coast settings and through this activity, Lissa often discovers
subject matter for her work. She considers it a privilege to be able to
immerse herself in her beautiful environs and then convey on canvas her
colorful impressionistic interpretations of these bucolic scenes.