King of the Mountain, by Lisa Golightly.
15% of the gross sale of this print goes to Victory Junction.
Lisa Golightly is a painter living in Portland, OR, with her husband, two kids, and one crazy dog. She received her BFA from the University of Arizona and works under the name Kiki & Polly.
About the print:
Most of my work features children. My focus in college was photography, and that still hugely influences my work. Watching my kids grow up in the light of how I recall my own childhood experiences is fascinating to me. I’m constantly drawn to this intersection: how I see them experiencing the world and its influence on the snapshots of my own memories.
With King of the Mountain I tried to capture that sense of triumph and those moments in childhood when you were able to fully throw yourself into a moment of imagination.
King of the Mountain is printed with archival pigment ink on 350gsm museum etching paper by Hahnemuhle. It was originally a painting on canvas.
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What has inspired you recently?
It's funny because I just started working on a project where I am creating work from someone else's perspective, and that has been really freeing. It is definitely influencing my own work.
Why did you choose to pair Victory Junction with your print?
The subject of most of my work is children, so it was important to me that the charity benefit kids. My painting is a bit about finding victory and joy in little things, and children do that better than anyone. Victory Junction provides kids with serious health problems that same sort of joy in the everyday that can be hard to find when you are sick.
How have you seen art transform the world around you?
I don't think anyone can say 'no' to question of whether or not art changes the world; at least I hope not! Some of the bigger ways that are more obvious: I feel it - music can change my mood, an image or film can inspire me. But I also see it transforming the world in little ways as well. My kids are so proud of their creations and it gives them confidence in themselves, which changes our immediate world. Hopefully that will impact the world around them in a positive way.
If you could pick one artist to mentor you, who would it be?
That is a really hard question! The honest answer is I don't know. My dad is a painter and some of my biggest heroes are musicians, film makers, etc., so I'll need to think on that for a few more months!
Who are some artists that other people should know about?
I recently saw the work of Ian Davis, someone I knew in college. His work is amazing. The process of how someone's art evolves over the years is always really fascinating to me.
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