Lisa Thorpe
Be, 2024
Photos printed on cotton, words printed on organza, pearl cotton thread 18x24
a reminder to be present, to be engaged, to be alive
Lisa Thorpe
Bewilderment, 2023
photos on fabric, thread, hand printed and dye fabric 18x24 mounted
The minds eye really has only to true moments of bewilderment one is entering the light and one is leaving.
Lisa Thorpe
Upon Reflection, 2023
photos on fabric, thread, hand printed and dye fabric 18x24 mounted
the piece speaks to a facination of acknowledging the thing that is not the thing - the shadow, the reflection in water and window. Is it true? Is it real?
Lisa Thorpe
Ask Nothing, 2023
photos on fabric, thread, hand printed and dye fabric 18x24 mounted
The image of labyrinth, and circle in moon, hay and drainage pipe speak to the everyday encouters with wonder freely given.
Lisa Thorpe
Shift Happens, 2023
fabric, thread, 18x24 mounted
photos printed on fabric, raw edge applique and dense stitch evoke change and movement within stillness
Lisa Thorpe
Shadow Me, 2022
fabric, thread, montype fabric, spray paint 42x50
Shadow me was created with photos and exray printed on fabric, along with monotype printed fabric and heavily stitched with emboridery thread. This piece speaks to the signs and symbols that present themselves in our everyday lives. Are they omens, luck, chance, curse or charm?
Lisa Thorpe
No Mud, No Lotus, 2022
fabric, thread, spray paint 37x53
This piece is made with photos printed on fabric with hand dyed, spray painted fabrics, hand and machine stitch. The work refers to the human condition born of loss and injury and the confort one finds in the notion that nothing bloom without the muck and the mire.
Lisa Thorpe
Again and Again We Are Invited In, 2022
fabric, thread, 36x70
This piece was created with photos taken from my nieghborhood and printed on fabric, layered with hand printed fabric and heavily stitched. The piece represents the disorientation that comes with change and oh one tries to bring order in disruption.
Lisa Thorpe
In The Beginning, 2021
fabric, felt, thread, paint 24x50"
The world is unraveling but the lost ledgend of the Raven's might just help us stitch it back togther if we only would listen
Lisa Thorpe
Na’amah of the Ark, 2021
fabric, felt, thread, paint, 35x72"
Na'amah of the Ark is the lost story of Na'amah Noah's wife: protector, planter and provider of plants and seeds to re-plant the world.
