My artworks are sliced and assembled by hand using an assortment of papers, watercolour pencil and wood glue. 

Paper is a versatile and accessible material which offers me a wide range of possibility when I make.  My process combines theatrical model making techniques with improvisation.  The shapes that I cut function to reveal things that exist beneath the surface and to spotlight a small part of the complicated and dense world that we live in.   

I am particularly interested in exploring themes around memory, senescence (agedness), trekking and temperature.  The discomfort that I feel living inside my own ageing body, with its decaying cellular infrastructure and broken menopausal thermostat, is reflected in the ongoing war on life that I see in the world around me.  As I take the time to meticulously place and replace pieces of paper into meaningful positions, I stubbornly stop to linger on a well-trodden path back towards my divinity.  Nature will eventually eat me, leaving my tangled and knotted memories to wander about through the windswept winter grass.       

I am based in Johannesburg, South Africa.  You are welcome to contact me directly at lisa@activatespace.co.za to arrange to purchase or view.