Lisa Mcshane

Education & Formation

Age 12

Herr Ludwig's studio — Ramstein Air Base, Germany

Saturday painting practice — lifelong from this beginning

College

Sonoma State University

Double major — sculpture and painting

Career

Conservation Northwest · Gov. Gregoire 2008 campaign

Years of environmental + political advocacy before returning to painting

Studio

Samish Island, WA

15 acres of forest · Padilla Bay · eagles, herons, owls

Selected Exhibitions

2024

Seattle Art Fair

Seattle, WA — also 2019, 2023

2023–24

Surge — Museum of Northwest Art

La Conner, WA — Skagit delta sea level rise paintings

2023

Acts of Healing — Bellingham National Juried

Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA

2023

Unreal: Art of Painting in the 21st Century

John Natsoulis Gallery, Davis, CA

2021

A Decade of Landscapes — Solo Exhibition

Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA

2014–24

Museum of Northwest Art Auction

La Conner, WA — annual

2012–19

Whatcom Museum Art Auction

Bellingham, WA — annual

8 solo shows

Past decade

Recognition & Residencies

2024

Artist Trust GAP Recipient

Grant for Artist Projects

2017

Artist in Residence

Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

2015

Artist in Residence

Petrified Forest National Park

Featured

SkagitTalk · WWU Foundation · Jansen Art Center

Public Collections

Permanent

Washington State Governor's Mansion

Mountains at Dusk — Olympia, WA

Display

Washington State Treasurer's Office

Skagit River delta sea level rise paintings

2010

Art in Embassies — US Embassy Yemen

The Sun Sets on the Slope of the Horse Heaven Hills

Practice & Subject

Medium

Oil, wax and resin on linen

Layered glazing — builds light from within the surface

Subject

Palouse · Eastern WA · Skagit delta · Chopaka · Northwest coast

Includes wildfire smoke, roads, refinery lights, contrails

Conservation

Works with conservation groups and Tribes

Salmon run restoration · land and water protection

Influences & Works at JG

Looks at

Jacob Lawrence · George Inness · Sanford Gifford · Brueghel

Composition, paint handling, skies, abstraction

JG Works

Light Through Chopaka · Remember This Too

Oil on linen — available now