Lisa Lockett is a contemporary painter based in St. Louis, Missouri, creating portraits, landscapes, and abstract works that explore the emotional depth of human experience. Her artistic journey began in childhood, but it wasn’t until after earning a degree in Journalism and Design from the University of Missouri–Columbia and running a design firm that she returned to painting with purpose.
Her work is rooted in chiaroscuro—the dramatic use of light and shadow—which she blends with loose, expressive brushwork to create pieces that sit between Realism and Expressionism. Lockett is drawn to the challenge of capturing fleeting emotions and abstract concepts, transforming them into something tangible and resonant on the canvas.
She paints freehand, using both live references and her own photography, allowing the process to remain fluid and instinctive. For Lockett, painting is not just visual—it is a dialogue. Each piece becomes an emotional exchange, meant to stir memory, feeling, or recognition in the viewer.
Her art is ever evolving, shaped by the world around her and the raw, human moments that move her. She approaches each painting not with a rigid plan, but with curiosity—trusting the work to reveal itself over time. Ultimately, she aims to create art that invites reflection, evokes emotion, and lingers in the mind long after it's seen.
