Lisa Goren

Artist Bio: Lisa Goren was born in California and raised in NYC. And yet she has dreamed of Polar landscapes since she was in her teens. Her first trip to Antarctica (1998) inspired her to capture this world. Travels to Iceland and Alaska followed. Her watercolors examine this unfamiliar landscape and create questions about the nature of abstraction and our planet with her representations of unfamiliar, threatened terrains. Earning a place on the 2013 Arctic Circle Residency, she chronicled the journey in the New York Times (http://nyti.ms/1PAO5mr). During the Pandemic, she worked on smaller paintings of animals in “human” spaces as well as portraits of health care workers (chosen to be in The Best Art Created by Washington Post Readers During the Pandemic by Washington Post). Since then, she has expanded her work on animals - continuing her project on whalebones and images of animals confronting the viewer. Recently, Lisa participated in several artist residencies: Iceland, France (2024), Nantucket, and France (2025).

Materials and Techniques: I'm a watercolorist. My work is on paper or other surfaces (clayboard). I focus on Polar and frozen landscapes based on my travels to Antarctica, Alaska, Iceland, and near the North Pole. During the Pandemic, when I couldn't travel, I created several series of animal paintings. All of my work has its roots in the environment.

Website: https://www.lisagorenpaintings.com/

Instagram : @lisafgoren