Journey on Canvas

Journey on Canvas Alisa seeks ways to share her creative journey as an encouragement to explore one's creative process.

Honored to have served as juror for Brighten with Art. Thanks to the Brighton Art Guild for the opportunity to choose am...
01/28/2026

Honored to have served as juror for Brighten with Art. Thanks to the Brighton Art Guild for the opportunity to choose among this year’s provocative and intriguing submissions. The works were thoughtful, diverse, and full of heart. Selecting award winners was both a joy and a challenge because of the strong range of voices and visions represented.

Congratulations to all the award recipients and honorable mentions, and thank you to every artist who shared their work. Art truly does brighten us.

A quiet constellation of prints, arranged in rhythm and repetition. Each piece holds its own story, but together they be...
01/21/2026

A quiet constellation of prints, arranged in rhythm and repetition. Each piece holds its own story, but together they become a larger conversation about pattern, variation, and the beauty of small differences. An invitation to slow down, look closely, and let the work unfold one frame at a time. Each is a little journey the eyes take in and the soul then ponders.

Open the little door. Take a journey. What art lets me do!
01/14/2026

Open the little door. Take a journey. What art lets me do!

Four small collages, each its own experiment.Built from leftover fragments, repeated shapes, and marks. I like seeing ho...
01/09/2026

Four small collages, each its own experiment.
Built from leftover fragments, repeated shapes, and marks. I like seeing how they hold together when placed side by side—separate, but related.

In this collage, I built an imaginary place that somehow feels like home—like the woods behind my childhood house where ...
12/29/2025

In this collage, I built an imaginary place that somehow feels like home—like the woods behind my childhood house where everything felt alive and enchanted. Little paths, bright flowers, storybook trees… it’s not a real memory, but it carries the same heartbeat. This is a close up of a collage that lets me journey back to a special memory. A peek at (for me) the most important part of the piece.

12/24/2025

For Christmas Eve, I added a horn and red flowers to my Advent Calendar Assemblage. The horn is a symbol of announcement and proclamation—good news made audible. The red flowers speak of life that arrives through sacrifice. Together, they mark the moment when waiting ends and holy breaks into the ordinary. In this video, I journey starting at Christmas Eve and going backwards: showing the "windows" from day 4 to day 1 of Advent. Merry Christmas!

For the fourth week of Advent, I added bells and a small red bird to my Advent Calendar Assemblage. The bird stands in f...
12/22/2025

For the fourth week of Advent, I added bells and a small red bird to my Advent Calendar Assemblage. The bird stands in for the partridge: a ground-nesting bird, always exposed and vulnerable. In that way, it mirrors the mystery of Christ, who journeyed earth not in power or spectacle, but as an infant, choosing fragility over force. The bells speak of joy breaking through the quiet waiting. It reminds me to listen more closely this season. Together, these two symbols echo the joy and wonder I find at Christmas.

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For the third week of Advent, I added a pink candle to my Advent Calendar Assemblage. Traditionally lit on Gaudete Sunda...
12/18/2025

For the third week of Advent, I added a pink candle to my Advent Calendar Assemblage. Traditionally lit on Gaudete Sunday, the pink candle marks a shift from “waiting for joy” to “joy among us.” It reminds me that even in the midst of anticipation, joy is already present. This tiny flame points me to the gift of Christmas to come. For me, the season is a journey full of small, wonderful surprises.

The small shed tucked into the image was in my backyard as a child, surrounded by acres and acres of forest. Apple trees...
12/12/2025

The small shed tucked into the image was in my backyard as a child, surrounded by acres and acres of forest. Apple trees, pine trees and birch trees framed everything—tall, quiet, steady. I loved those trees.

I learned to love them with my father. I would journey into the woods with him and play while he chopped wood for the fire, the sound of his work mixing with the wind in the trees. We were both lovers of nature, drawn to the woods and the small moments they offered. I miss him.

12/08/2025

Took a journey to NYC to visit my City Mouse sister, Ayhe Linda Christina, and now Country Mouse is on her way home. I got to spend quality time with her and much of my family. Grateful for them all. My next work is sure to reflect my time here - with all the noise, lights, glitz and holiday cheer!

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