Lisa Goesling microscopically examines nature, creating hyper-detailed renderings of her observations. Lisa’s passion for creating art started early. She remembers being five years old selling handmade coloring books from a small table out in front of her house. All the neighborhood kids would line up to purchase the books and then she’d run back inside and make more. Those same characters in her early coloring books still show up in Lisa’s INTERACTION series. At twelve years old, Ms. Goesling began taking weekend classes at the School of the Art Institute Chicago studying drawing, painting, and sculpture.

Most of her career as an Art Director/Designer on projects for publishers, advertising agencies and graphic design firms. After a 2006 cancer diagnosis, she followed her dream of making art full time. Lisa discovered Scratchbords®, (hard boards covered in Kaolin Clay then a layer of India ink) after searching for a safe, non-toxic medium. She draws with an X-ACTO knife into the ink and fine lines magically appear in the clay. If Lisa wants to add color, she paints with colored inks at the end of the process. Her innate ability to notice even the most minute details is translated into her meticulous art, compelling the viewer to take a closer look. Lisa’s art is in private collections, has won prestigious awards, residencies and fellowships, and her work has been requested for exhibitions throughout the world.

Lisa divides her time between three different sensibilities, all fueled by her desire to dig deeper.

Her ECO-PSYCHOLOGY creations, (the study of emotional connections between humans and the natural world), have a loftier purpose than simply representing nature. An intimate bond forms between the viewer and her intricate art, creating profound feelings of being transported to a better place, reminding us of the infinite power of beauty.

The concept behind Lisa’s INTERACTION series creates a space of shared emotions as characters interact across the page. They draw you into their connections, strengthening our shared sense of fellowship.

Ms. Goesling’s SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION drawings are inspired by nature and filled with detailed textures and patterns that evolve into complex designs.

AIP US Mint Artist/Designer, Art Prize 2022, Guggenheim Curator, Ylinka Barotto, selected Across The Board 2 for the 2019 BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition) WIDE OPEN 10 Exhibition, Alison Hokanson, Assistant Curator, of Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Lisa with the 2017 BLACK & WHITE Special Recognition Award for her piece, Uprooted 2, (BWAC). Solo Exhibitions at the Union League Club of Chicago and Northwestern University’s Dittmar Gallery, participated in the 2018 Rockford Museum Biennial and the 2018 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial. Ms. Goesling was awarded an Artist Residency at The Studios of Key West in March/April 2017 and completed a two year Artist Residency at the Merchandise Mart of Chicago. Her artwork, Inside of an Iris is on the front cover of New York Times Bestseller, Colum McCann’s novel, TransAtlantic, (European Release), winner of the 2015 D&AD Award of Excellence, London, England. Detail of a Grape Leaf appears on a variety of labels for Encendido Wine, Argentina. Ms. Goesling’s art is in public and private collections worldwide. She is a member of The Arts Club of Chicago and represented by Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, and SAATCHI Art online.