Lisa Woodward Lisa Woodward

Speaking my mind, in paint

Marks and symbols form an idiosyncratic vocabulary that is unique to me. My language expands and evolves as I become a better artist.

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Lisa Woodward Lisa Woodward

Authentic Obsessions Podcast!

“When you become and artist later in life, you draw on a huge resource of experience, confidence and self-knowledge. You Develop a clear voice and style quickly and more surely”.

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Lisa Woodward Lisa Woodward

Marking the land with our feet

Look closely and you’ll find footpaths carving through many of my paintings.  The abstract landscapes I paint are largely imagined; but the remembered hikes and walks I’ve taken all over the planet are also present.

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Lisa Woodward Lisa Woodward

Leapfrog: The best reason for painting abstracts in a series

In a series, paintings play leapfrog with each other, moving ahead and falling back in an asynchronous dance, until one by one they’re finished. This interplay between individual pieces and the ability to have one help the others along is the very best reason I know for painting in a series.

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Lisa Woodward Lisa Woodward

Get unstuck! 5 ways to see your artwork with fresh eyes

When we’ve seen something again and again, it becomes so familiar that we start to glaze over. What you desperately need is to see your work with fresh eyes. And fortunately, there are a multitude of ways to get that “first time” feeling with your now-so-familiar painting.

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