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lisatimmerman.bsky.social
I’m an English artist, a painter. I’m also a collector of art so I sell my paintings through UK galleries and then go & buy art if I can. I’m curious about everything really & read a lot.
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Do you have those timeless moments when you just stop & stare, tuning in to all your senses. What can I hear? What can I smell? How do I feel? Those are the moments I try to notice & remember this is my only life, notice it. A sunset, a view across the ocean, stopping & staring in an art gallery.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Today is a gloomy, foggy morning in England but in my mind I’m painting a beach! Love a beach commission! 😍 #art #mindcontrol #escape #painting #myworld #mymind #commissions #beaches #artists

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

In 2020, to get me through the worst time in my life as my father lay dying, I painted & gifted 20 portraits to NHS Heroes. It was the best medicine for both of us. He didn’t recognise me at the end but thinking I was a nurse he proudly told me what his daughter had done ♥️ #nhs #artist #father #love

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

In 2019 I started mixing cold wax medium into my oil paints, I loved the effect. I had to find new ways of applying the paint to the surface as the wax clogged up brushes. For these paintings I used palette knives & silicon bowl scrapers. Still love this effect & plan to do more. #art #painting #oil

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

In my most recent paintings I’m using metallic powders mixed in with cold wax medium & oil paint to celebrate the light & glistening shimmers of the water which I find so emotionally beautiful, I don’t know why. This is a large framed painting, around 120 x120cm #paintingsforsale #therutlandgallery

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

Delhi 2018, expecting sun I was shocked by the polluted sky there. On return I painted a series, beautiful roses trying to survive the elements with that weak sun trying to break through. Not a huge commercial success, nobody wants sad I guess but pleased I made paintings from the experience.

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

I needed an image of one of my sold paintings so I googled my name to find it & came across these companies I’ve never heard of selling canvas prints of my work! 🤬 Impossible to police these days! I painted my hallway with or without hens a lot in those days as the light was so good in there.

submitted 112 days ago • 2 comments

If Mars is too far, head to this lantern festival in Thailand

submitted 120 days ago • 55 comments

Serious hibernation vibes this morning in my part of the UK. So I’m looking at where my painting archive went next after lavender & it was the humble hen that took my attention. The movement of hens seemed a good challenge to paint & they taught me to paint quickly with fast marks and energy.

submitted 114 days ago • 2 comments

After my post yesterday a collector sent me these close up photos of one of my lavender paintings in her sitting room! ♥️ Lots of bees & butterflies remind me how I love the continuity of that every year. Meantime a cold, wet windy day in my part of the UK, where did all the bees & butterflies go?

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

Good morning Bluesky people 👋🏼 sending you calming lavender this morning! I’ve always loved lavender & like to paint it on a large scale. This one sold in 2014 and was a metre & a half wide. I’ve painted several others since & love getting lost in the tiny stems all working together with the bees.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

Sending you Blueskyers a rhapsody of roses this morning! I painted & sold this one 2013 & called it ‘I never promised you a rose garden’ . That year was a stinker & I hyper focused on this metre square acrylic painting to get me through. I learnt so much about hue & value, it was full of surprises

submitted 117 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning Blue Sky! I haven’t seen this painting since 2012 when it sold. I remember I’d only been painting for about a year, a big metre wide canvas. I learnt so much from it & I remember the thrill of painting that blue over the red as I started with a red ground, it made my eyes & mind pop!

submitted 118 days ago • 1 comment

I rarely remember to take a video of myself painting but I’m so glad I did on this occasion 3 years ago. This is my mum. She’s really poorly now & she won’t recover, I have no desire to paint at all. But this reminds me of how easy life is when your heart sings

submitted 119 days ago • 2 comments

Hello everyone, I’m wondering if there are any artists & art lovers here? I thought I’d start posting a painting a day! I made this piece using oil paint and cold wax medium which is great for getting textural expressive marks into a painting ♥️👋🏼

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment