Lisa Lightfoot
Artist, Writer, and Student in Hawaii
Lisa Lightfoot
Artist, Writer, and Student in Hawaii
Lisa Lightfoot is a working artist found wandering in Mexico, Hawaii, or Texas. You might find her behind a disheveled desk, rearranging broken bits or piles of paper. Likely obsessing over vintage jewelry finds, researching '40s hat styles, and squirreling away silk scarves.
Lightfoot does not only revel in the visual rewards, of all that is vintage, she believes earth-friendly, sustainable clothing can be a fulfilling form of self-expression for anyone!
What I believe: I find the world at the edge of a great loss… an impending loss of the tactile; specifically objects we use to record our history & culture such as visual art, music, clothing, and literature. So much is becoming intangible or viral in medium. I recycle or repurpose, not just for record, but to acknowledge what soon will all be 3Dprinted and reproduced. Very soon, much of our practices will be equivalent to cave paintings.
What I create? As an Assemblage Artist, I have an obsessive ability to see past, what some refer to as junk. I have an intense need to keep it for the walls, or to wear. It is not going into the bin once an idea gets lodged.
I find that being an artist or poet is just some form of chronic depression that one must live, in and through... I am acutely aware of the fleeting nature of life and derive inspiration from generation of women before me, now gone.
Through my work, I can express my desire to leave behind ny own tangible record, of that which I celebrate, or mourn.
Born in Northern California, raised and home-schooled along with her three younger brothers in the dairy town of Petaluma, CA. Lightfoot found her outlet in a collection of vintage books and jewelry. She began as a child, and maintains, journals of her poetry, prose, sketches of everything, and collage.
Lightfoot owns multiple portfolios, ranging in medium and matter.
Etching, woodblock printing, collage
mixed media pieces
watercolor and oil paintings
Print making, outdoor installation, modeling, vintage clothing, jewelry, kitsch & folk art.
Passionate about the written word, repu posed everything. Drawing Immense pleasure from "pop-up" or "time-based" installations and various styles of calligraphy.