Artist Statement: My canvas reflects the strange, disorienting, new COVID -19 landscape that leaves me grasping for hope juxtaposed by the ordinary, everyday experiences of liminality I previously waited within. Weaved throughout is hope and its power to allow me to sit and wait for tomorrow a little less anxiously.
Bio: Alisa E. Clark is an artist, writer and educator who shares her creative process and encourages others to join her in the process of art making. Alisa communicates the transformative power of art through words and images and believes in releasing the spiritual power of painting to others: its power to reveal God's presence in our daily lives, give us peace, help us in the "Right Now," and make us more mindful on our journey.
Alisa believes in the power of creative expression—its power to help us find hope as we wait in life’s most challenging places and spaces. Alisa received a BFA from Pratt Institute, and she has an MS in education. While her formal training has helped her understand her painting process better, it did not begin her process. Alisa began finding a peaceful “flow” while creating when she could first pick up a crayon. As time passed, Alisa did what came naturally for many engaged in the artistic process: she created her way through making sense of the past, sitting in life’s “In-Betweens,” and entering new places on the other side of much waiting. While considering all of these transitional spaces, Alisa noticed that much of her art was made while sitting in the liminal “In-Between.”
Alisa now looks back on a lifetime of art making, and she sees creativity’s gift of “flow” during the countless times of sitting and waiting for time to do its work within her. She sees that her creative process was with her whether the hands of time moved too fast or too slow. She also notices that in the most challenging times—the moments when time seemed not to move at all—her creative process was her great companion. When engaged in this process, Alisa has her most profound spiritual experiences. Art is a gift that provides her much connectedness, meaning, and joy.
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