Lisa studied art at the University of North Texas, and has always been involved in the creative world. Married to sculptor Larry Whiteley, she has spent much of the last two decades managing his successful career, and raising her daughter Madeleine - now a college senior. In 2021, Whiteley began dropping in on a weekly life drawing session at Gallery 123, where she began working in earnest to hone her figurative skills. Encouraged by her husband and artist friends, she is dedicated to her newfound joy in experimenting with line and color. Having participated in the Gallery’s 2022 show “NUDE,” Lisa has plunged into exhibiting her work and has found a niche that combines her knowledge of beekeeping, gardening and deep love of nature.
I carry a sketchbook wherever I go. If I see something that draws my eye, I will sit down and draw it, whether it is a fallen tree, a cluster of rocks, wildflowers or fossils. Mornings I spend in my garden tending my bees. I find that communing with all the creatures in my backyard habitat is very inspirational. Nature is always wondrous, and the juxtaposition of urban life and wildlife living in harmony is something I hope comes through in my work.
Lisa studied art at the University of North Texas, and has always been involved in the creative world. Married to sculptor Larry Whiteley, she has spent much of the last two decades managing his successful career, and raising her daughter Madeleine - now a college senior. In 2021, Whiteley began dropping in on a weekly life drawing session at Gallery 123, where she began working in earnest to hone her figurative skills. Encouraged by her husband and artist friends, she is dedicated to her newfound joy in experimenting with line and color. Having participated in the Gallery’s 2022 show “NUDE,” Lisa has plunged into exhibiting her work and has found a niche that combines her knowledge of beekeeping, gardening and deep love of nature.
I carry a sketchbook wherever I go. If I see something that draws my eye, I will sit down and draw it, whether it is a fallen tree, a cluster of rocks, wildflowers or fossils. Mornings I spend in my garden tending my bees. I find that communing with all the creatures in my backyard habitat is very inspirational. Nature is always wondrous, and the juxtaposition of urban life and wildlife living in harmony is something I hope comes through in my work.