{"id":215,"count":3,"description":"Was born in Timaru, New Zealand in 1973\r\nGraduated Bachelor of Visual Arts & Design, 2010 in Nelson, NZ\r\nLisa moved back to her home country from Australia 15 years ago to raise her 3 children. \r\nNow living on the South Island in rural Glenhope, Lisa\u2019s studio sits high on a hill surrounded by 42 acres of pasture and native forest. She has chosen a more simplistic lifestyle with solar and wind turbine for power and natural streams and rain for water, Lisa feels her art is stripped to a more simplistic aesthetic. \u201cI am at the mercy of nature, I now live my art\u201d it is very empowering being so vulnerable, yet so incredibly liberating\u201d \r\nLisa exhibits locally, nationally and internationally.\r\nWith her own personal journey raising children as inspiration, she draws from nostalgic moments in an attempt to alleviate the solace of \u2018the empty nest\u2019. Lisa uses imagery of children with flowers, animals and insects questioning young people\u2019s view of the world, seeing a disconnection from\r\nnature with modern technology. \r\n\u201cI often wonder what the future holds for following generations. I question whether my grandchildren will ever experience the majestic beauty of nature or will it be an app on the latest iPhone.\u201d\r\nLisa emphasizes this with her use of large white vacant space, creating a cavity to which her subjects float, this is the artist\u2019s expression of the uncertainty of our future; it cannot be foreseen. \r\nShe also likes to involve the viewer into the work via the reflective surface.  By looking\/reading the gaze is returned, the spectator becomes the narrative and in turn, part of the problem and solution.\r\n","link":"https:\/\/www.magmagallery.co.nz\/product-category\/lisa-grennell-2\/","name":"Lisa Grennell","slug":"lisa-grennell-2","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magmagallery.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magmagallery.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magmagallery.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magmagallery.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}