Lisa Thorpe

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Supporting Artist
First name
Lisa
Last name
Thorpe
Profile Photo
 

Contact Information

City
Little Rock
Province/State
AR
Country
USA
 

First Image

Image No.1
Caption No.1
Na'amah of the Ark
Description No.1
Mixed media Fabric and thread
 

Second Image

Image No.2
Caption No.2
Shekhinah
Description No.2
Mixed medium Fabric and thread
 

Third Image

Image No.3
Caption No.3
In the Beginning
Description No.3
Mixed medium fabric and thread
 

Arts data

Relation to Art
  • Artist
  • Christian Educator
  • Communications Professional
  • Arts Program Director
Arts Media
  • Painting
  • Print-making
  • Liturgical art - fabric
  • Liturgical art - installation
  • Monoprints
  • Textile/fabric arts
  • Digital art
  • Other
Arts Proficiency
Professional
Artist Statement
As an artist I am an explorer and observer first. I like to wander and wonder, let things percolate while I ponder. I have numerous sketchbooks full of chicken scratch drawings and cryptic thoughts. Over time (and often during a long hot shower) an idea will keep rising to the surface, I might even push that thought bubble below the surface, telling it I don’t have time for you, but the best ideas won’t pop and so I move on from thought to action. I have used many mediums over the years from fabric to painting to printing and collage but the unifying thread through all these mediums is a love of the puzzle. I like to problem solve, to piece and play with an idea until it can take shape as a visual idea.

I love words and word play so words are often woven in the work and the work is woven in words. Throughout, no matter the medium, I play with the verbal and the visual. In that vein I have and artist journey blog. The blog pushes me to try new things, to play and produce and articulate both visually and in prose my ideas and inspirations. It has been a significant experiment, rewarding and daunting all at once. To create something and then share it with world almost immediately is both thrilling and terrifying. But what is art for if not to share, if not to pique and poke? So that is my goal, my quest my passion, to share art, to have conversations, to both reflect on and reflect back the wonders of the world I navigate.

I have been fortunate to be published in both technique magazines such as Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors and in art journals such as Cold Mountain Review and About Place.
 

Church data

Denomination
Episcopal
Diocese
Arkansas
Parish
Trinity Cathedral Little Rock AR
Church Name
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
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