About Bird in the Hand / Lisa Congdon  

San Francisco mixed media artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon did not begin making art until she was 33 years old; at age 40, it is now the most significant part of her life and livelihood. Aside from a painting class, Lisa is entirely self-taught. She uses her lack of training to her advantage: instead of following refined technique, she works with her own sense of color, composition and design as her guide.

Lisa is almost constantly drawing, photographing and annotating her life. In addition, she meticulously documents all of her work as she makes it and shares it for others to see through Flickr.

Lisa's work has been shown in over eight cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco and Portland. Her story and work have been featured in numerous print magazines and art and design blogs, including ReadyMade, Country Living, CRAFT, design*sponge, Daily Candy, Juxtapoz, Stitch, Venus and Bitch. Her illustration clients include the National Poetry Foundation, Galison Stationary, Chronicle Books and Pottery Barn. She has a new line of stationary which will be released in the Spring of 2009 by Chronicle Books. Lisa is co-owner and gallery director at Rare Device, a popluar design shop and art gallery in located in San Francisco.

Lisa believes in truth telling, working hard, being nice to people and the healing power of pepperoni pizza.

Lisa has a website
lisacongdon.com
an Etsy shop:
lisacongdon.etsy.com
and here's the store she owns:
raredevice.net

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