Lisa Butters is a North American artist with a passion for translating the beauty and spirit of the American West into paintings that evoke a sense of wonder and shared experience.

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at home in The American West

From the rugged mountains of Montana to the high deserts of Arizona and back up through the islands of the Salish Sea – the American West is where I’m from. It’s in my blood. It holds my history and my family. It’s my land and my landscape.

For me, painting is a kind of story telling. A merging of expression and energy, perception, and emotion with light, texture, and form. Subjective and deeply personal, to be moved by a painting is a profound experience. It’s the spark that makes certain works unforgettable and desirable, and holds the power to bring us back to ourselves.

Inspiration comes unexpectedly and from everywhere. Simple things can prompt the most beautiful feelings and, to me, these are the things worth sharing. They are the quiet, unsung threads that unite us in our human-ness.

My work is meant to convey feelings of optimism and hope drawn from experiences and memories of extraordinary places and people I’ve encountered throughout my life. A self-taught artist, I work primarily in oils, preferring to paint on hard substrates with finely textured surfaces. My paintings are contemporary and my palette tends to be more vivid than subdued. The pillars of art making – imagination, curiosity and experimentation – are essential and constant companions.

Encouraged and inspired by my art heroes - traditional and contemporary - I move forward; embracing challenges, stretching the limits of my abilities and exploring my own life and history in the American West with color, shadow and light.

 

As featured in the march 2024 issue of Western Art Collector Magazine, artist Focus.

UPCOMING: SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS

15 March 2024 - The Russell - First Strike Friday Night LIVE Auction - The C.M. Russell Museum (Great Falls, MT)

16 March 2024 - The Russell - THE RUSSELL Sale & Exhibition Saturday Night LIVE Auction - The C.M. Russell Museum (Great Falls, MT)

PUBLICATIONS

March 2024 - Western Art Collector Magazine, ‘Artist Focus’

January 2024 - The Art Queens, ‘AQ Volume I’ (from the visionaries behind Create Magazine)

January 2023 - Western Art Collector Magazine, ‘Collector’s Focus

AWARDS

January 2024 - ‘Two for the Road’ (2023) wins 'Top 100 Finalist’ - PleinAir Salon International Art Competition, PleinAir Magazine

PAST: SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS

31 August - October 29, 2023 - The Fall Art Show 2023: Juried Group Exhibition; Lake Granbury Art Association; Shanley House Gallery (Granbury, TX)

15 - 24 September, 2023 - Artists for Lahaina: Online Fine Art Auction - 100% Proceeds benefit approved 501 C (3) non-profit organizations supporting Lahaina relief efforts.

17 August 2023 - The Russell - First Strike Thursday Night LIVE Auction - The C.M. Russell Museum (Great Falls, MT)

22 July 2023 - Cowgirl Art Rodear - Saturday Night LIVE Auction - Bridgeport Ranch (Bridgeport, CA)

18 March 2023 - The C.M. Russell Museum: Charlie’s March Roundup Group Exhibition and LIVE Auction (The Newberry, Great Falls, MT)

17 March 2023 - The C.M. Russell Museum: Charlie’s March Roundup Group Exhibition and Silent Auction (The Newberry, Great Falls, MT)

02 March 2023 - The Arts Council of Big Sky, 11TH Annual Auction for the Arts. Group Exhibition and Sale. (Montage Big Sky Resort Hotel, Big Sky, MT)

2022 - 1st Annual “Charlies Miniature Roundup” Group Exhibition & Silent Auction, C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT (March 18, 2022)

2018 - “Celebrate Whidbey Artisans” Group Exhibition, The Front Room Gallery, Langley, WA (Sept – Oct 2018)

2018 - 2nd Annual “Global Warming is Real” National Juried Encaustic Exhibition, Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM (July – Sept 2018)

Solo Shows

July / August 2023 - Cowboy UP! at Prima Bistro and Gallery (Langley-by-the-Sea, Whidbey Island, WA)

February to April 2019 - Movement and Light: Encaustic Perspectives at Prima Bistro and Gallery (Langley-by-the-Sea, Whidbey Island, WA)

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