Lisa Witzke 1969-present
Mother, wife, daughter, artist, healer, nature lover, lesbian, scavenger, collector of the unexpected, open-hearted warrior
In A Moment, This is What Came
This collection is aptly named, “In A Moment, This is What Came.” Mixed in a box of thousands of magazine pieces, I came across a photo clipping of Marsh P. Johnson at the Scrap Exchange. When I saw Her something ethereal opened up in me, speaking to my heart and the piece, “Mother Marsha” flowed from my soul.
As I worked on Her, other pieces would flow out of the universe and present themselves to me; only when I was deep in my creation did they come.
These pieces come from somewhere outside myself as well as somewhere deep inside my soul. I want to bring forward the memory of the trail blazers and warriors that came before me. The icons that paved the way for my generation and the ones after me.
In the forgetting comes an erasure, an erasure of how we came to this place we are currently standing. I for one do not want to forget.
I started this series by painting pieces of paper with watercolor and acrylic paint. I then cut the paper into hundreds of one-centimeter wide strips, and the creations began. The use of musical sheets in my art has been something I have incorporated for years. It symbolizes the music that is in my soul. I find musical notes and patterns utterly beautiful. If you look closely you will see recipes, bicycles, words, ribbons and a myriad of other references to my life and things that have inspired me.
These pieces are just the beginning, there are so many stories yet to bring forward.
I chose to show these 12 pieces because they asked me to, they were sitting in my studio knocking at the door to get out. So, I present to you the first of many…
In A Moment, This is What Came.
Lisa Witzke
Lisa's show will be in our gallery from August 30, 2023 - October 9, 2023
