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Lisa Hunt Art's Interests
General
art/sketching/writing
collecting books
reading/researching
studying tarot
playing chess with my hubby
mensa puzzles (I'm not good at them)
playing piano
Tae Kwon Do (right now, training for my black belt)
running & yoga
gardening
cooking homemade
Home improvement projects
space exploration
playing with my kids
Learning!
Music
Chopin (my all time favorite classical composer) Nick Drake
Debussy Porcupine Tree
Moody Blues Eels Mofro Rush Marianne Rick Bain Faithfull classical French Romantic, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Ravel, Debussy, The Blues, an eclectic mix depending on my mood
Right now I'm enjoying:
Mendelssohn Debussy Chopin Eels "Beautiful Freak"
Rachmaninov
Never tire of listening to:
Chopin: Nocturnes op.9, No.2 Eb major and op.27, No.2 Db major;
Grieg: I love you op.5, No.3;
Mendelssohn: The Venetian Gondola op.30, No.6;
Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No.3 in D Minor, Op.30
Movies
science fiction fantasy historical animation drama
Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan Terminator Spirited Away Blade Runner Contact Apollo 13 (the book was good too) Hamlet (Laurence Olivier 1948 version) Rocky Horror Picture Show Galaxy Quest (I crack up everytime) A Boy and his Dog (based on a Harlen Elison short story) Shirley Valentine The Birdcage Any Terry Gilliam or Tim Burton movie
Television
I don't watch much TV, but when I do:
History Channel PBS Sci-Fi Channel Cartoon network, Adult Swim TV Shows: Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Futurama, The Prisoner (gotta love it!), Drawn Together (a guilty pleasure),etc.
Lately, Bizarre Foods and History Channel
Books
The Giant All Color Book of Fairy Tales: 50 Best Loved Stories (Golden Books) –Received when I was 4 years old. Worn, but it is still loved.
Dream Animals by James Hillman, paintings by Margot McClean –My all time favorite!
Fairy Tales from South Africa by Bourhill & Drake –I have an original 1908 printing and it is a treasure!
Buffalo Girls, Won’t You Come Out Tonight by Ursula LeGuin, illustrated by Susan Seddon Boulet
Unexpected Journeys: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo by Janet A. Kaplan
Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by Carl G, Jung
Jung and Tarot:An Archetypal Journey by Sallie Nichols
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.
Shaman: The Paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson, illustrated by Sulamith Wulfing
Goddesses in World Mythology by Martha Ann Imel et al
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack
21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card by Mary K. Greer
The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Complete Concrete by Paul Chadwick
Faeries by Brian Froud and Alan Lee
Dragonworld by Byron Preiss and Michael Reaves (illustrated by Joseph Zucker)
Charlotte’s Web by E.B White – A childhood favorite I read over and over again.
When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone
… and so many more, too many to list!
Heroes
Samurai Jack Captain Kirk Joseph Campbell Carl Jung Maria Tatar Jack Zipes James Hillman Master Song Wonder Woman Dr. Seuss Jacques Cousteau Merlin Stone Terri Windling A.A. Milne Beatrix Potter Sarah Connor Mecki Sulamith Wulfing Remedios Varo Brothers Grimm Hans Christian Anderson
Some of my creative influences:
Sulamith Wulfing, Remedios Varos, Susan Seddon Boulet, Salvador Dali, Marilee Heyer, Margot McLean, JW Waterhouse, Women pre-raphaelite artists, The Romantic painters of the 19th century, Adolphe-William Bougereau, Caspar Friedrich, Gustav Klimt, Arthur Rackham, Yoshitaka Amano, Robert Ingpen, David Mack, Alan Lee, Brian Froud, Lisbeth Zwerger, P.J. Lynch, Gennedy Spirin, Kinuko Craft, Trina Schart Hyman, Lauren Mills & Dennis Nolan, Leo & Diane Dillon, Richard Jesse Watson, P.J. Lynch and many more.
Union Institute & University
Montpelier, VT
Graduated: 2004
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies/Jungian Psychology-Drawing & Painting
2002 to 2004
Art Institute Of Fort Lauderdale
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Major: Computer Animation/preproduction
Clubs: graduated magna cum laude
• Children's book - One Is a Mouse (Simon & Schuster 1995)
• Shapeshifter Tarot (Llewellyn Publications 1998)
• The Celtic Dragon Tarot (Llewellyn Publications 1999)
• Celestial Goddesses: An Illustrated Book (Llewellyn Publications 2001)
• Animals Divine Tarot (Llewellyn Publications 2005) -- Winner 2006 COVR Visionary Award
• Fantastical Creatures Tarot (US Games 2007)
• The Fairy Tale Tarot (Llewellyn Publications 2009)
• Various book/magazine covers and interior illustrations
• Calendars including the SageWoman calendars
• Numerous illustrations for the gaming industry
Lisa draws on nature for inspiration. She has stacks of sketchbooks that are filled with ideas, notes, studies and all manner of creative exploration. While a student at art school sketching and conceptual designing (pre-production) became her specialty and she carried those skills over into her professional life as a conceptual designer and draftsperson for production companies in South Florida. These days, Lisa has focused more on her illustration work and writing, but her love and desire to sketch has persisted. Sometimes her sketches will activate her writing ideas and oftentimes these two disciplines will converge when formulating a more extensive idea.
All of Lisa's paintings start with a sketch--the most important aspect of her creative delivery. It is during sketching when Lisa taps into an ineffable energy that translates into raw creativity. Many of Lisa's final paintings can be identified in the sketches. Lisa doesn't just draw a tree, but she sees the nuances in its design and the possibilities for it's evolution into a work of fantasy. Many of Lisa's trees house spirits, creatures and symbols. She looks at the world beyond a perceived reality and instead probes the possibilities of what her subjects can be and mean to the viewer. Her writing attempts to explicate these visions in a manner that makes them more tangible. Through her art and writing, Lisa is trying to capture something resonating from the soul --something that fuels her creative drive and keeps her out "in the field" sketching.
Lisa attended the Educational Center for the Arts (ECA) in New Haven, Connecticut, during her senior year of high school. It was the first strong indication to herself and those around her that she intended to become a professional artist. In her early years as a budding artist, Lisa drew anywhere and everywhere -- from the family's kitchen to a makeshift workspace she made out of her bedroom closet.
Who I'd like to meet: Artists, authors, tarot enthusiasts, and other creative people with similar interests, space enthusiasts, mythologists/mythographers, those interested in depth psychology (Jung) and nice people in general. No egomaniacs please!
If you have a moment, feel free to visit the website for my new tarot deck, the Fantastical Creatures Tarot. I once again joined creative forces with D. J. Conway to create a deck that we are both very proud of. It is on sale as of August from the U. S. Games web and from other fine retailers. There is a link to the sale page at the site.
hey,I just got a look at your art,it's very inspiring,I love it,I do want to come back and see more of it,and I will,glad to meet such a talent as yourself.peace.
thanks for the add,I will get by there soon as i can to see your art,you are welcome to view mine anytime,have a great weekend,and I will talk to you later,peace.
OMG's Is that your BLAC belt test!?! Cool!! The project is coming along nicely! I need more time in the day though! LOL
Also...Happy Summer Solstice!
I put up a new slideshow of some Summer Solstice pictures from years past, our annual Solstice family picnic at Creve Cour Lake, and summer garden pics.
Have a Solstice full of love, light, and sunshine for your whole family!!!
I just went to your web site and saw your Fairy Tale Tarot!!! Oh My Gods!!! It is beautiful! I do believe you may have topped yourself! I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this one, it will be well worth the wait!
Hi Lisa, NY Comic Con went really well, thanks. It was a lot of fun, too! We had Uwe's work on the back cover that we promoted there too. There were lots of people there it was a good crowd!
How is everything with you. I imagine it is hot there now, it is hot here too though- staying inside with the AC for the most part. :)
If you do visit the WH page, be sure to check out the new colorist all the way down at the bottom of the page on the RH side and let me know what you think, okay? We have been wanting to get someone to color for us for a while now.
We just bought the other side of our duplex and Ron's remodeling...so things have been crazy (honestly, I thought after the edits it would quiet down!)
However, it looks like the major demo part is done (good thing, since it's right near my desk--which was under a drop cloth for days!).
I have some ideas to bounce off you about the Xmas project, and want to catch up with you...so will be sending an email soon!
Thanks a lot for the lovely comments on my pics :) - and of course for adding me. You seem familiar to me as well - and no, I don't think we've met in another forum or so. I am not really in US forums etc.
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