Statement

Lisa has been practising art making since training as a painter in 1986. She practices artwork that explores drawing and painting processes,  her work focuses on narratives that expolre environmental and womens issues.

She utilises symbols to create allegories. The deer, lapwing and pheasant appear in ancient mythology. She portrays them in a contemporary setting with central importance. Animals sometimes appear as skulls in surreal reflections, a reminder of their power and importance both past and present.

Human figures appear as archetypes, dancers or gardeners. Other figures are represented as listening, aware and thoughtful suggesting the cultivation something thriving and beautiful.

She takes influence from female artists painters who explore female identity in their work.

Presently she works as a full-time artist from a studio in Cambridgeshire. She exhibited her artwork more extensively since 2020 and was a finalist in the Wing art award 2021 and the Doncaster art fair 2021. She had solo shows at Rugby art gallery, Gallery at St Martins, Lincoln and Rooftop arts centre, Corby in 2023.

Lisa Banks Art

©  Lisa Banks Art 2023