My journey into soft sculpture began about eightyears ago. I had been painting for several years and specialised in animal portraiture, particularly dogs. I had the privilege to paint some of Australia's biggest winning show dogs! I had become bored with the two dimensional painting and couldn't find anything challenging enough to satisfy my creativity. Until I discovered teddy bears! I immediately saw a way to use all my ideas in the one concept. After much experimentation I devised a new technique which allows me to internally sculpt mouths into my creations. This gives a more animated look to the bears/rabbits and a very realistic look to my dogs.

My bears are inspired by the youngest of my six children, who when 12 months old had only two little teeth at the front. While she herself is the worlds smallest tornado! The look is definitely worth preserving! As you can imagine, with six children and my artwork, my life is always busy, its just as well I happen to also have the best husband in the world, and the fact that he is a hairdresser definitely is a plus! He is terrific with mohair.

My aim for the future, is to never become comfortable with my work. I hope to constantly strive for new designs and concepts and to be able to always offer my collectors something new. My dogs are particularly special to me as I have been breeding and showing dogs for years. While I aim for realism, I hope I stop short of taxidermy, though my sculpted dogs are still animated enough to be completely appealing.

I hope you enjoy your visit to my site. Please come again as I am always updating with new work.

Lisa is represented by Creatif Licensing Corp