Liisa Clark - Art

Liisa Clark - Art Original artwork inspired by nature, folklore, and memento mori.

Painted on canvas and reclaimed or antique surfaces, my work features birds, insects, skulls, and overlooked creatures, thoughtful pieces for meaningful gifts and the home

Crow skulls fascinate me.The more closely I look, the more extraordinary they become. The beak sits almost apart from th...
25/06/2026

Crow skulls fascinate me.

The more closely I look, the more extraordinary they become. The beak sits almost apart from the skull itself, connected by impossibly delicate bones.

It's a beautiful contrast. Crows feel so powerful when they're alive, yet beneath those feathers is a structure that is incredibly light and fragile.

That's what I wanted to capture here. A quiet reminder that nature often reveals its greatest beauty when we slow down and look more closely.




What happens if we look more closely?Within each of us is a skeleton.A hidden framework that carries us through the worl...
24/06/2026

What happens if we look more closely?
Within each of us is a skeleton.
A hidden framework that carries us through the world. It allows us to walk, run, swim, work, create and experience all the ordinary moments that make up a life.
Bird skulls are some of the strangest structures in nature.
Those vast eye sockets. Those impossibly delicate beaks. Shapes that seem almost alien when separated from the feathers and personalities we recognise so easily.
This crow skull is a reminder that beneath every creature is an extraordinary piece of natural engineering.
Perhaps that's why I keep returning to skulls.
Not because they speak of death, but because they reveal the structure that made life possible in the first place.




23/06/2026

I've realised I've been avoiding painting skulls.

Partly because they're detailed, partly because they're challenging, and partly because I know I'll have to really slow down and look.

But that's also why I'm fascinated by them.

For me, skulls aren't really about death. They're about structure. The shape beneath. The architecture that sits underneath every face, every expression, every living thing.

The more I paint wildlife, insects and bones, the more I find myself asking the same question:

What happens if we look more closely?

So, despite my best efforts to avoid them, it seems the skulls are calling. 💀🌿

I realised today that I've spent years avoiding skulls because they looked too complicated.Yet here I am, painting crow ...
22/06/2026

I realised today that I've spent years avoiding skulls because they looked too complicated.

Yet here I am, painting crow skulls on slate.

It's funny how often the subjects that teach us the most are the ones we avoid for the longest.

This piece is part of an ongoing exploration of overlooked wildlife, observation, and looking more closely.




☀️🌝🌞 HAPPY SOLSTICE!!!🌞🌝☀️Did you get up to watch the Sunrise? Kobi and I left to watch the sky turn its many colours as...
21/06/2026

☀️🌝🌞 HAPPY SOLSTICE!!!🌞🌝☀️

Did you get up to watch the Sunrise?
Kobi and I left to watch the sky turn its many colours as the sun rose and we didn't see a soul!
A totally magickal morning, and my Crows even came to say Good morning.

I hope you all have a magickal day.

Shorter days now
(fingers crossed for cooler Temperatures!! 🤞🤞)
☀️





Did you watch the Sunrise? 🌞

The swarm is growing. 🪲After a couple of weeks focused on events, admin and preparing surfaces, I've finally been back w...
14/06/2026

The swarm is growing. 🪲

After a couple of weeks focused on events, admin and preparing surfaces, I've finally been back where I belong... painting.

These are all underpaintings waiting for their next layers. Beetles, spiders, moths and other overlooked creatures that have slowly been gathering on my studio table. (I know I have been promising them for ages!)

I often work on several pieces at once, moving between them as paint dries and ideas emerge.
They're only at the beginning of their journey, but seeing them all together reminds me of one of the questions that sits at the heart of my work:

What happens if we look more closely?
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11/06/2026

Today's painting session didn't quite go to plan...

I was all set to start a stag beetle on a piece of Welsh slate. I put the slate on my easel, added a tiny blob of Blu Tack to hold it in place and...

CRACK.

The slate promptly split in two.
Fortunately I'd only sketched the beetle on, so out came the eraser and the beetle was rescued before any paint was harmed in the making of this artwork.
Rather than admit defeat, I spent the afternoon preparing more slate so I can paint whenever inspiration strikes.

Which mostly involved enthusiastically hitting Welsh slate with hammers.

The hammer has now been named Andy.
Andy Dufresne, of course.
Because every artist needs a rock hammer. 🪨🔨

So today's studio progress involved less painting and considerably more controlled destruction.
Not the day I planned.
Possibly the day I needed.





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Milton Keynes
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