Lisa Ernst
Many years ago I discovered that to find satisfaction in my designs, I must have a working relationship with the images. In some manner, a living experience with the subject matter. This occurred on a profound level over the 25 years I lived in Avon, MT on a sprawling mostly wild place, several miles from town. The remoteness gave way to a daily study of water birds and other fauna. I developed an intimacy with groves of aspens, pussy willow, pine, rocky outcroppings; a life study of one high mountain valley. My art is an expression of the love that deepens from relationship with place. I wish to evoke a knowing of this potent connection, to amplify awareness of our relationship to all living things. This is what I experience in the appreciation of indigenous art.
