Author: Lisa Ochowycz

By no means do I consider myself to be a “collector” of art, but over the years a number of personally significant and lovely pieces of art have collected me, so to speak. They have found their way into my

Photo above: Art is where you find it #2. "Found" art on the prairies in southern Saskatchewan, 2013   How does location affect your work?   Do you have certain types of landscapes that you particularly identify with?   Is there a dream you have that

Ten years earlier I wouldn't have thought it possible. Yet here I was, opening my art show in Basel Switzerland, addressing the audience in German, laughing and conversing with the crowd using sign language to explain aspects of my process

Ahhhh

In the spring of 2013, I was fortunate to spend several weeks expanding my vision on the beautiful prairies of southwestern Saskatchewan. The landscape somehow reminded me of deeper aspects of myself both as an artist and as a person.

I know that recent events have brought the word "isolation" to the forefront of many people's minds. Many of us consider "isolation" to be a less than positive experience and something to be avoided. However, I've noticed in myself a

Have you discovered what kind of creator you are? Has it been different than what you predicted when you first began to create? Have you be part of an organization where you had to grow quickly and people took you under

November of 2006 (photo above) was my first Crawl. I was fascinated by all the artists who took part and all the people who attended. I thought, "This is a wonderful way to share art." I was hooked! So in the

I'd like to share another example of how my brush sometimes seems to know what it's doing even when the rest of me might not. Maybe you have had an experience like this while creating? Every now and then when I least