My chosen medium is the humble pencil – I love the simplicity of it. My style strives toward realism, not in strict imitation of life, but in pliant reflection of it. To portray an illusion of reality to the degree that the viewer is transported into the world I create – that is both my aspiration and my challenge.
Through my art, I like telling “our” stories, and particularly enjoy using elements or themes that explore our relationship with and connection to animals, nature and Mother Earth.
My art is an open invitation to the viewer to pause for a moment and simply enjoy the story I've created.
I want my work to encourage close inspection and consideration, and also provoke such thought and arouse such emotion that the viewer feels compelled to step outside themselves and into my drawing, where they are welcome to walk within my created world and live in my story for a time.
When they're ready to step away, I hope that a small piece of the story I’ve told will stay in their heart and linger in their memory.
Award-winning artist Lissa Rachelle has loved making marks on paper with pencils for as long as she can remember and has sketched for fun for most of her life.
In 2001 she became more serious about drawing and taught herself realism. She started down her path doing mainly portraits of people, then developed a deep interest in birds, animals and nature and they have become her primary focus over the past several years.
More recently she's become very concerned about and aware of the health of our one and only beautiful Earth and the endangerment of some of our most iconic species and, consequently, she feels called to illustrate her concerns ... so she sees a bit of a shift in theme coming up in future drawings.
AFFILIATIONS
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Arteast Mosaic
Juried Art Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
2023
Arteast Mosaic
Juried Art Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
2022
Arteast Mosaic
Juried Art Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
Da Artisti Gallery
Juried Exhibition: Germination
Ottawa, ON
2021
Arteast Mosaic
Juried Art Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
Goosebumps:
The Nature of Birds
Solo Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
2020
Arteast Armchair
Virtual Show
Online
2019
Baz' Art Juried
Group Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
Arteast Winter Mix
Group Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
37th Annual Arteast
Juried Awards Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
Sketch For Survival
Invitational Exhibition
London, England
Arteast Promenade
Summer Inspiration Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
2018
36th Annual Arteast
Juried Awards Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
Selections Juried Art Show
Ottawa, ON
Arteast Spring Mix
Group Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
Arteast Mosaic
Juried Art Exhibition
Ottawa, ON
PUBLICATIONS
The UnBearable Joy of Bee-ing
CP Treasures
Colored Pencil Masterpieces From Around The Globe - 9th Annual Edition
2023
The UnBearable Joy of Bee-ing
Ann Kullberg's Color
A Color
Pencil Magazine
October 2023 Edition
2023
White Breasted Nuthatch
Artists Magazine
Best of Drawing
11th Annual
Strokes of Genius Competition
2020
AWARDS
The UnBearable Joy of Bee-ing
Best in Show
in
Arteast Mosaic
Juried Art Exhibition, 2022
White-Breasted Nuthatch
A Juror Favourite
in
Artists Magazine
Best of Drawing 11th Annual
Strokes of Genius Competition, 2020
Night's Breath
Juror's Choice / First Place
in
17th Annual Selections
Juried Art Exhibition, 2018
The Lookout
Second Place,
Works On Paper
in
37th Annual Arteast
Juried Awards Exhibition, 2018
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