Lisa Congdon

Lisa Congdon (born 1968) is a fine artist, author and illustrator who is known for her colorful abstract paintings, intricate line drawings, pattern design and hand lettering. She currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon, and works for clients around the world such as the MoMA, Harvard University, Martha Stewart Living[1] and Chronicle Books. Congdon is the author several books, such as Art Inc: The Essential Guide to Building Your Career as an Artist, and illustrated the books Whatever You Are, Be a Good One, Twenty Ways to Draw a Tulip and A Collection A Day[2][3][4] She has also illustrated six coloring books for adults as part of her Just Add Color series.[5]

Congdon grew up in upstate New York and Northern California.[6] She married her partner Clay Lauren Walsh on June 1, 2013.[7]

Authored books

A Collection A Day

Congdon started a blog called A Collection A Day, which was started in January 2010. Over the course of a year, Congdon posted a collection a day of various items she has acquired. According to Congdon, the collections were assembled from "flea markets, thrift stores, junk shops, garage sales, giveaway piles and family attics." The collections featured are often everyday objects such as 14 mid-century napkin rings (day 113) or eight old pencil sharpeners for Day 78).[8][9]

A Collection A Day was published as a printed book in 2011 by UPPERCASE magazine.

Whatever You Are, Be a Good One

Published in April 2014 by Chronicle Books, Whatever You Are, Be a Good One is a collection of 100 timeless quotes from some of histories' most notable minds, all illustrated and hand-lettered by Lisa Congdon. Some of the quotes come from the likes of Albert Camus, Oscar Wilde, Leo Tolstoy, and Anais Nin.[10]

The book began when Congdon wanted to incorporate more hand-lettering into her practice, which she started to do by creating her 365 Days of Hand Lettering Project on her blog over the course of 2012. The project evolved from drawing individual letters to full quotes. Over time, after Congdon had shared these images, she learned that readers found that the quotes had "...comforted them in times of darkness or reminded them to approach a challenge in a new way." From there, the focus of the book became a celebration of great thinkers as well as a way of sharing their words with a larger community.[11]

Art Inc. The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist

Congdon also authored Art Inc. The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist which was published in August 2014 by Chronicle Books. The book introduces information about creating and starting a creative business, as well as offers insight from other illustrators, designers and entrepreneurs.[12] The book offers tools and information on how to "set actionable goals, diversify your income, manage your bookkeeping, copyright your work, promote with social media, build a standout website, exhibit with galleries, sell and price your work, license your art, acquire an agent, and more."[13]

Fortune Favors the Brave

Published in August 2015 by Chronicle Books, and similar to here prior book Whatever You Are, Be A Good One, Fortune Favors the Brave features 100 illustrated and hand-lettered quotations themed on courage, bravery, authenticity, and being yourself.[14]

The Joy of Swimming: A Celebration of Our Love for Getting in the Water

Set to debut in April 2016 and published by Chronicle Books, The Joy of Swimming: A Celebration of Our Love for Getting in the Water, celebrates swimming through inspirational hand lettered quotes, watercolor portraits of swimmers paired with real personal swimming stories, and illustrated collections of swimming objects such and traditional pool signs, bathing suits through history. The book also includes a foreward written by Lynne Cox, an American long-distance open-water swimmer and writer.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Anh-Minh Le (February 13, 2011). "Lisa Congdon adds author to medley of pursuits". San Francisco Chronicle.
  2. ↑ Congdon, Lisa. "Lisa Congdon". Lisa Congdon.com. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Congdon, Lisa. "Lisa Congdon - Books". Lisa Congdon. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Artist Lisa Congdon Lecture". Minnesota State University - Mankato. Minneosta State University - Mankato. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Ellis, Rehema; Fieldstadt, Elisha (May 11, 2015). "Thinking Outside of the Crayon Box, Adults Use Coloring Books as Stress-Reducer". NBC News.
  6. ↑ The Great Discontent on Lisa Congdon. Interview with Ryan & Tina Essmaker. The Great Discontent. January 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ Anh-Minh Le (September 13, 2013). "Clay Walsh and Lisa Congdon's wedding fantasy". San Francisco Chronicle.
  8. ↑ Popova, Maria (22 October 2011). "'A Collection a Day': Lisa Congdon's Obsessive and Unusual Art Project". The Atlantic. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Walker, Rob (11 February 2011). "Web Sites That Collect Stuff So You Don’t Have To". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  10. ↑ Popova, Maria. "Whatever You Are, Be a Good One: From Tolstoy to Tumblr, a compendium of timeless wisdom on life.". Brain Pickings. Brain Pickings. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Dunne, Carey. "9 Gorgeously Illustrated Quotes From Great Thinkers". Co.Design. Co.Design. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  12. ↑ Lanzendorfer, Joy (14 August 2014). "'Art, Inc.,' by Lisa Congdon review: making art as career" (Book Review). SF Gate. SF Gate. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  13. ↑ Congdon, Lisa; Ilasco, Meg Mateo (2014). Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist. Chronicle Books. ISBN 1-4521-3584-3.
  14. ↑ "Fortune Favors the Brave 100 Courageous Quotations". Chronicle Books. Chronicle Books. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "The Joy of Swimming A Celebration of Our Love for Getting in the Water". Chronicle Books. Chronicle Books. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

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