Lunch with Lisa Noviasky

Tiny birds carved into found twigs.

"Everyday is a different medium".  This quote from Lisa perhaps most defines her artistic life.  While she is known for her oil paintings and sees oils as her primary and most comfortable medium, Lisa loves to experiment with new techniques and materials.  I recently had lunch with her, and saw some of her new creations.  Lisa has been experimenting with carving wood and building furniture and other items from found objects.  These are some of the products of her work!


One of the chairs Lisa and her husband John built from found wood.

Lisa has always been creative, but began to paint seriously about 6 years ago after taking classes at the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute.  Lisa loves to do plein air work and has competed in several plein air competitions.  "Plein air" means to paint a scene outdoors in the open air, on location.  Lisa's plein air paintings are usually completed in one sitting and have a lovely, spontaneous quality.  For her outdoor work, she prefers water soluble oil paints because they clean up without solvents.  She also uses traditional oils when working in her studio and occasionally acrylics.  Lisa has a new studio space in a converted warehouse in Syracuse.  She hopes to transition into the new space as the weather cools and she is less able to paint outdoors.

Lisa Noviasky

What is most important to Lisa is not the painting of a literal image, but its impact on the viewer.  Lisa aims to evoke emotion with her paintings, whether they are recognizable images, or abstract.  She recently had a customer state that she "wished she could just fall right into the painting".  For Lisa this is a great compliment.  Lisa's paintings can be found at Gallery 54.  She has several new pieces available.  Come by and have a look!

One of  Lisa's recent oils paintings.