Artist Bio
Lisa M. GreenPersonal & Professional HistoryBorn 1960 in
Washington, DC and encouraged by her family from childhood, Lisa M. Green was drawn by painting and drawing from an early age. She is inspired by the beauty of God's creation, and instructed by the display of harmonious variation in light from heaven, as it takes form and color on the earth. As her talent cultivated and her aspirations grew, Lisa pursued art as a major at
McKinley High School, Washington , DC. She went on to study in a pre-medical curriculum for two years at Carnegie-Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1986, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in
Brooklyn, New York . Lisa worked as an intern in scientific illustration at the George Washington University Department of Audio-Visual Communication in
Washington, DC . She further advanced through graduate studies and internships obtaining a Masters of Art as Applied to Medicine via Medical and Biological Illustration at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1989. During this time, Lisa gained research skills and exposure to the use of art, photography and video production as applied to the medical legal field. Working with respected physicians in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery, she gained valuable skills in research, anatomical dissection, in drawing the superficial and anatomical structure of the human features, in macro-photography and documentation of research results. Lisa creates with various mediums such as pastel, oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pencil, pen & ink, charcoal, sculpture, printmaking, photography, airbrush & jewelry-making. She is also commissioned for portraits. She has depicted subjects of African-American and African heritage. Lisa's cultural inspiration evolved from travels throughout , East Africa, , West Africa and the
Caribbean . Her fine art has transitioned through three phases thus far: Phase I - Early Works
Line Art - elemental progression Watercolors – life at a glance
Pastels – timid expressions Phase II - Cultural GenreAfrican-American metaphorsAfrican sources of life Ghanaian lifestyles Phase III - Contemporary Works First transitional imagesPainted patterns preceding The spiritual personified In the most contemporary of phases she is seeking to articulate through the material form, distinguishing the national, emphasizing the colorful, exploring patterns that uphold sound tradition; discovering representation of these, as texture, as mass, as air, as light, as bound and held together by an invisible yet tangible and mighty force; for the purpose of showing praise and gratitude.
