ABOUT LISSY

Lissy is a multi disciplinary artist whose life has been shaped by her love of the sea. From an early age her summers were spent living in a beach hut in Dorset and she now lives on one of the most beautiful coastlines in South Devon.

Following her BA (Hons) Fine Art with Related Arts degree Lissy spent a few years travelling and working overseas where she learnt to scuba dive and developed a passion for conservation. She gained her first freediving qualification in 2009 and spent the next few years advancing her skills whilst working for Freedive UK as an Assistant Freedive Instructor and Mermaid coach. She has also carried out marine conservation work as a volunteer with Blue Ventures, ReefCI and Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme.

Lissy’s art is inspired by the marine encounters she has had whilst freediving and during her daily sea swims. She tries to capture the way sea life interacts with her underwater, whether that’s a local seal amongst the kelp or a turtle gliding over coral reef.

Lissy’s work is featured in galleries across the south west and in private collections all over the world. She is often commissioned to draw a favourite sea creature or capture a special seascape in textiles.

She is currently showing work in the summer exhibition at Salcombe Art Club.