About this Paintings

I create vivid, impressionistic oil paintings that capture the feeling of being in the vineyard at dawn or a landscape view from the beautiful Pacific Northwest that takes your breath away and flowers that wake you up with color.

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Most of my paintings are inspired by travels throughout the Northwest and Vineyards from around the world to things I see everyday. My technique is done with deep colors and loose brush strokes, in a wet-on-wet technique known as alla prima.  Alla prima comes from Italian, literally meaning "at first attempt" a loose blend of colors right on the canvas, like Vincent  van Gogh so the paint stays clean and crisp. this technique allows the paint to blend together like butter into rich and wonderful colors that capture the moment of all the cool places this planet has to show us.

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I plan my paintings with brilliant color before I add thick and rich oil paint. I work with the paint as if it was butter as I blend rich and thick colors into one another with aliveness, while I use to hold back and no longer do, to create an alive painting. Really I just tell people if you step outside almost anywhere there is beauty to be found. We are blessed with so much awesome scenery here on Earth. I like to capture that wonder with clean and well thought out brush blends and like a musical note, every note matters to the whole. When you keep the paint clean then the colors stay bright and vibrant.  You can see the movement of every brush blend as if the painting is alive and fresh. The result is an impasto oil painting that has depth and richness from the texture of the paint.

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Thank You

Lisa V.

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Shipping Your Print: 

• We have a small shipping fee that can be seen at checkout. You will see this after you hit the buy now button and add your zip code.  We no longer ship internationally.

• Shortly after you have completed checking out on the website, we will provide you with a big thank you and an approximate shipping date.

• We are currently using UPS as our shipping carrier.  We have over twenty-five years of experience shipping hundreds of Lisa's oil paintings and prints across the globe, and we have not damaged a single piece in shipping.

• Your art will be safely shipped with full insurance. 
 

• Your art work is 100% guaranteed with a 7-day, no questions asked policy.

 

Hanging Your Artwork: 

All the art work is pre-wired and ready to hang and enjoy. To help keep your artwork level, I recommend hanging heavy art from a pair of hook picture hangers spaced apart on the wall and a simple nail for smaller pieces. Center the nail in the location of where the art will go and be sure it is not too high or low on the wall space. Hold up the art and slide it up and down until you find the best location. Use a pencil to mark the spot where the nail will go. The wire on the back of the art piece can also be unwound and tightened or loosened to help adjust the height if needed.

Framing:

The artwork is un-framed with full color wrap around edge unless otherwise specified. There is no frame needed for any or the art however, most of the art is standard sizing making it easier to find a ready-made-frame if desired. Hang your art work right away and let your eye decide if you need a frame, most people decide no frame is needed. 

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A Word on Lighting:
Your art will look different depending on the changing quality of the surrounding light.  Natural ambient light will create a nice feel for your art during daylight hours, the colors subtly changing as the sun rises and sets throughout the day.  At night, however, you will be fully reliant on artificial light to illuminate your artwork.  Many of the paintings are bright enough to look good even down a dark hall however if you want it to been seen at night it may need additional lighting. A good electrician can help you with that.

One thing to avoid is hanging your painting behind a hanging chandelier, which will cast a direct glare spot in the middle of the painting, without highlighting the natural colors and texture of the painting.  A light that is angled from above, or even from the side, will allow you to see the original brushwork, the color variation and truly enjoy your painting scene.

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Lisa V. Maus