Selected works by Natasha Lizanne

Emotion in line, shape & color.

Abstract acrylic paintings shaped by instinct, memory, and an inner sense of direction.

Abstract acrylic painting with sweeping black and white arcs, purple linear marks, and olive details on gray — Original workAcrylic on canvas

Selected work

Twelve original abstract acrylic works. Select any painting to view it larger.

Gypsy Gateways, an abstract acrylic painting with open white space, intersecting olive and burnt-orange strokes, and small black marks — Gypsy GatewaysAcrylic on canvas

Calypso Garden, an orange abstract acrylic painting with deep red sweeps, blue lines, and a dark rectangular field — Calypso GardenAcrylic on canvas

Skylight Haze, a two-panel abstract acrylic work with layered red, brown, blush, gray, and white gestural strokes — Skylight HazeAcrylic on canvas · Diptych

Precise Intellect, a white abstract acrylic painting with sweeping blue curves, pale blue diagonals, and soft pink lines — Precise IntellectAcrylic on canvas

Homeward Vixen, an abstract acrylic painting with open white space, crimson marks, olive fields, and a vertical gold band — Homeward VixenAcrylic on canvas

Fully Rheon, a black-and-white abstract acrylic diptych with sweeping charcoal arcs, linear marks, and layered brushwork — Fully RheonAcrylic on canvas · Diptych

Paddington Ruminance, a four-panel abstract acrylic work in blush, coral, cream, charcoal, and deep red with strong black vertical strokes — Paddington RuminanceAcrylic on canvas · Four-panel work

Paddles, an abstract acrylic landscape with a branching tree above bands of pink, ochre, and deep blue — PaddlesAcrylic on canvas

Heightle, a dark abstract acrylic painting with rust-red gestures and branching cream and blue marks — HeightleAcrylic on canvas

Halo, a blue-and-white abstract acrylic diptych crossed by layered cobalt and charcoal strokes — HaloAcrylic on canvas

Dusk, a coral abstract acrylic painting with sweeping black, white, and pale blue lines — DuskAcrylic on canvas

Fengshui, a white abstract acrylic painting with turquoise sweeps, soft gray arcs, pink accents, and dotted blue lines — FengshuiAcrylic on canvas

About the artist

Natasha Lizanne

Natasha hears her art is tribal, and she recently found out she has tribal ancestors. Her art reflects her childhood, which she is in therapy for, and it is an outlet proving that despite it all, she is undoubtedly full of beauty. Growing up neglected and isolated, her best friend was her imaginary friend — before her dog Maxeene came along — and a piece of him is in every painting. Her imaginary friend saved her life, and she holds onto him in her art.

She has been in the mental hospital seven times, and in each stay she made art. The staff found it uplifting in such a mundane atmosphere, and they held onto it. She hopes to this day that when people enter the mental hospital, they see the artwork hanging behind the nurses' desk and smile.

Her first indigenous portrait was painted in the mental hospital, after weeks there without a mother. She decided to paint specifically in blue while The Fray's "Cable Car" played. A nurse named Katie said she loved it and would take it home with her. Natasha will never know if she did — but she knew she loved the look on Katie's face when she saw it. On the day Natasha left, Katie wrote her a letter saying she hopes to have a kid just like her one day. Natasha still thinks about Katie. This is here in the hope that someday Katie finds her books or her art — and knows she is remembered.