LisaKSalerno

Artists: Feeling pressured to spew out art at a quicker pace so you can share more content on social media? Take a look at this painting @TheWadsworth that took 20 years to complete. Now go easy on yourselves. You’re doing great! 😉 #artistpeptalk #art #painting #content #artist #artists #contentcreator #contentcreators #painter #wadsworthantheneum #creatives #creative #artcollector #artcollection (at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgkZi7NuhYv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Today I kind of moped around for a bit thinking to myself “I don’t know what to paint today”…After a little walk to clear my head, I entered my studio and saw a lily in a painting I already started and decided to add it in. Definitely not finished yet but feeling good about it. Sometimes things start to come together after we stop thinking and start doing. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artistsupport #artwork #lily #flowers #floral #flourescent #brightcolors #colorful #colorfulart #colorfulhome #interiordesign #canvaspainting #joy https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCJSSGu-JN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Be the light 💡✨ . . . . . #shine #shineon #painting #printmaking #paperdolls #art mixedmedia #brightcolors #nofilter https://www.instagram.com/p/CMVBkNknAfG/?igshid=1va3pivspv53x

Inspired by a conversation with a friend. It’s okay to be uncomfortable. It’s okay to let someone sit in their own discomfort. It’s also okay if someone is uncomfortable with who you are too. It’s not your job to try and change that✨ . . . . . #painting #wordsinart #textinart #paintingandwriting #inspired #comfort #discomfort #art #growth #growthprocess #colorfulart #nofilter #florescent https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7HpBkn8WT/?igshid=fbdpkey9mn7g

“Most of what I know, I’ve learned by falling and getting up. The ground has taught me more about flight than clouds ever could.” -Rudy Francisco . . . . . #art #love #resilience #lifelessons #painting #mixedmedia #anatomicalheart #getbackup #backinthering #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/CLYRJ6jH2GA/?igshid=1wld9znlk6oaq

So I’m on Clubhouse now listening to other artists on how they got into the most prestigious galleries. There is apparently an artist who is taking the over the style of a dead well-known artist Robert Nava. He is making paintings in Nava’s style and changed his name to Robert Not-va. Now collectors are buying up his paintings for 12k+. So maybe I will have to change my identity, say my name is now Sisa Lalerno, and I am going to copy Lisa Salerno’s style, except I am not Lisa. I am a much more mature and brilliant artist now and my art is much more coveted by collectors 😆 . . . . . #art #painting #clubhouse #artworld #weirdartworld #galleries #wtf #paperdolls #angel #streetart #streetartist #angel #heart #wings 😆😆 https://www.instagram.com/p/CLHWJQKnRqS/?igshid=177sp01htiq40

Sometimes you need to stop thinking so much and go where your heart takes you ❤️☁️❤️☁️ . Mixed media triptych, 2020, 72”x24” . . . . . #art #painting #artstories #heartstories #heart #anatomicalheart #hand #tarotsymbolism #paintedhand #mixedmedia #love #colorfulart #artseries #hand #clouds #cartomancy #tarot #triptych #hearts #flight #artist #textinart #colorfulart #brightcolors #streetart #graffiti #streetartinspired #canvaspainting https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUVr7znji_/?igshid=8um2h3hau5uc

Latest commission...Sometimes art can help us honor or remember our best friend ❤️... . . Lots of detail in this one. Also metallic gold finishes, collage elements and tiny bits of glass adhered to the eyes to make them sparkle 🎨✨ . . . . . #art #painting #mixedmedia #dog #portrait #dogpainting #petportrait #Rottweiler #rottweillerterrier #rottie #commission #beautifulgift #love #dogs #pets #artist #instagood #explore (at New Hampshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJyfY0nYP7/?igshid=1cc8hm6gnafyo

“I've seen women insist on cleaning everything in the house before they could sit down to write... and you know it's a funny thing about housecleaning... it never comes to an end. Perfect way to stop a woman. A woman must be careful to not allow over-responsibility (or over-respectability) to steal her necessary creative rests, riffs, and raptures. She simply must put her foot down and say no to half of what she believes she "should" be doing. Art is not meant to be created in stolen moments only.” ― Clarissa Pinkola Estés #art #femaleartists #creatives #clarissapinkolaestes #wildwomen https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rfd3inwLX/?igshid=uk6rzyvwpy7t

I get asked often if my kids are artists “just like me”. The truth is I have never pressured them into doing anything and I leave it up to them what their interests are. Sometimes they make art but other times they write stories. My son enjoys producing frame my frame animation. My daughter was recently in a play. They also like making videos and editing photos. When it comes to kids and creativity, art is not about producing a tangible thing. It’s about producing thinking. Critical thinking. Fearless thinking. Boundless and expansive thinking...all skills that will help a child problem solve and navigate each challenge in their lives. Other lessons kids learn when creativity is encouraged? Risk-taking, what to do when you make a “mistake”, how to give and accept constructive criticism, how you back get what you put into something. The act of creating can also teach mindfulness and lead to emotional healing. The list goes on... So no, I don’t wish to pressure them to be artists “like me”. I really just want them to be kind human beings first, then maybe contribute something “uniquely them” to the world. I want them to learn to be artists “like them”. ❤️ Image: “What will we tell our daughters?” Mini-painting on canvas. #art #creativity #kidsart #artandlife #parenting #childrenandcreativity #artistmom (at Merrimack, New Hampshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6D-6NOHh8f/?igshid=155361dhb2611

To me, the word “artist” isn’t limited by occupation or skill. An artist is someone who is brave, bold and full of fire. Someone who is willing to trade in comfort for authenticity; willing to let go of security in exchange for a good adventure. An artist is someone who dances to the rhythm of their own heartbeat while able to block out the noise of others. An artist is someone who adds a little bit of themselves into everything they do, making the world a bit more colorful and beautiful by just by being in it! Being an artist is not just a career, it is a way of life and a state of being. Are you an artist? 🌈🎨✨ #art #artist #painting #beauty #passionforlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B4XrUjZnwbK/?igshid=w6h1iib2va7x

Yup. Pretty much 😂😂 #art #artbrain #thisisyourbrainonart https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KXyzpnoL3/?igshid=1orjewq5s0un5

Current mantra: My interactions with others come from a place of power, not dominance or ego, but a genuine feeling that I am being the best authentic self I can be at the moment and what I have to offer is real. Those who don’t see what I have to give just aren’t aligned with my truth and/or purpose and that’s okay. ✨ #mantra #thursdaythoughts #truth #linocut #transmutation #oracleseries #printmaking #painting #butterfly #art #mixedmedia https://www.instagram.com/p/B1MLBXonc0-/?igshid=1keeivcf87zp1