ABOUT
Alisa has worked within the artistic industry her entire working career.
She believes
in a creative force that drives a person. Throughout one’s
life you collect many influences through your communities, environment and surrounding culture. From a very young age, Alisa realised her passion for creating and exploring with many mediums.
Alisa’s body of work focuses on effective nostalgia, at the intersection
of landscape and memory. Alisa’s intention is to create a visceral reaction, an instinctive response to stimulate emotion of a previous experience by using a visual source.
She believes
in a creative force that drives a person. Throughout one’s life you collect many influences through your communities, environment and surrounding culture. From a very young age, Alisa realised her passion for creating and exploring with many mediums.
Alisa’s body of work focuses on effective nostalgia, at the intersection
of landscape and memory. Alisa’s intention is to create a visceral reaction, an instinctive response to stimulate emotion of a previous experience by using a visual source.
By sharing imagery which Alisa associates with her childhood, she strives to engage the viewer through their own personal experiences. Local sites hold connections to many memories for Alisa, such as the coastal rock pools Alisa visited in her childhood. They act as mirrors
and glimpses of her past. "Memory is a compass by which we can find a sanctuary for our self."
and glimpses of her past. "Memory is a compass by which we can find a sanctuary for our self."
Imagery relates differently to individuals, but can trigger a sensual experience which creates a personal perception. Alisa’s concept conceives they are connected but fractured, just as our memories are blurred and overlaid. Alisa explores the triggers of each perception through visual stimulus.
Alisa’s artwork is an ongoing experiment pushing her own boundaries. She has a variety of bodies of work using different mediums, exploring realism and abstraction through painting, film and mixed mediums.
Alisa’s artwork is an ongoing experiment pushing her own boundaries. She has a variety of bodies of work using different mediums, exploring realism and abstraction through painting, film and mixed mediums.
From her photography of local pools, Alisa creates contemporary works to abstracted interpretations. Compositions are discovered and developed through the process of art making, in the same manner as memory recall is a conscious and unconscious action, the artwork results vary in imagery as does our individual recall of any memory.