Realistic acrylic painter.

 Hyper realistic Paintings of Flora and Fauna by Lisa Ericson

Lisa Ericson is an acrylic painter who creates hyper-realistic images. Her paintings are all done in acrylic on wood panels. She enjoys the hard surface of the panels, and she builds up her images with multiple thin layers of paint. She employs a mix of Golden and Liquitex acrylic paints. Depending on size and detail, she can spend two weeks to a month on a single painting.

Her ideas are frequently inspired by science, but with a surreal twist. She might read or hear about a scientific or environmental phenomenon, which sparks an idea for a painting or an entire series. She uses the black background to emphasize the drama of the spotlight on her subject. It singles them out, reveals every tiny detail about them, and creates a void of the unknown around them. As a result, each piece becomes a personal portrait. She considers the animals in her paintings to be both representations of the natural world and reflections of our own human struggle and emotion. She enjoys drawing parallels between the two.

She has been drawing and painting since she was a child. She began taking art classes when she was five years old. She studied art as an undergraduate at Yale University and now lives and works in Portland, Oregon.