Lisa Bade, artist

I’ve been playing around with drawing comics for a while, not finishing much but enjoying the journey. I’m making a little 8 page comic book about the birth of our first grandchild. I’m calling it “The Birth of Lylah.” Here’s the cover. If you were there, you know where you are in the picture! Yes,…

I had the pleasure of making a series of ink and watercolor illustrations for John de Graaf’s new film “From Sea to Shining Sea, Katherine Lee Bates and the Story of America the Beautiful” I’ve posted a few of the illustrations here, I hope you have a chance to see the film. It’s currently screening…

I’m looking forward to the 2024 Skagit Valley studio tour coming up very soon! I have some new work to show.

I’m getting ready to welcome people to the new studio here on Fidalgo Island. Check out the website at nwartbeat.com/studios.html for easy access to bios and directions to the studios of the artists on the self-guided tour. You can find me at stop #7 on the tour, 54 Sauk Place, La Conner. I have cards…

New images keep coming in the tides and currents series. I’m looking forward to showing them all in July. More on that soon!

Just coming out! The new Two Hour Transport Anthology! New work from this amazing Seattle SciFi Fantasy community of creatives. If you don’t know about them and love the SciFi Fantasy genre you should check out their website and go to events. And definitely buy the new anthology. My cover illustration – love, love love…

Also during 2021 I made a book cover design for this excellent novel! Check it out on Amazon or order from your favorite independent bookstore.

A pandemic cancelled show, like so many. Since the show didn’t hang I just continued to paint these pieces. Their meditative movement kept me floating during the tumultuous, strange times of 2020 to 2023. There are many, many more…

I take time to sit and draw when I travel and I never regret it.

2009 Portland Zen Center