I am a pencil artist with a passion for taking a blank piece of paper and bringing it to life almost as if the picture was always there in the paper but I bring it out for everyone to see. I hope to share with you my art as it intersects with everyday life. I love trying to capture that inner spirit of a person or the underlying feeling of a scene in my art. The unseen in a picture makes it come alive and touches something within me and my goal is to let you, the viewer, feel as if you can sense that too.
I started drawing around 5 years old when my cousin decided to teach me to draw a coffee cup and I havent stopped since of course now I draw more than coffee cups. Ive always dabbled in portraits but took a break in that area for a few years and focused on Japanese Anime where I merged my realism portrait style and the Japanese Anime together where I learned a lot about shading and detail. My subject matter can be greatly diversified.
Last year I did a commissioned portrait for Edward Pietz the founder of the Red Lion Hotels which is now in the Park Tower Plaza in Vancouver WA. I also did a portrait for actress Ayanna Berkshire who played Cora in the movie Twilight, she also had a role in the Harrison Ford & Brandon Frazier film Extraordinaire Measures and played a few roles in the TV show Leverage.
I have two loves that are very different which are, drawing and shockingly web design. By day I am the lead website designer for a Vancouver WA advertising company and by night Im a traditional pencil artist. If Im not drawing, Im designing websites.
I just recently had my first gallery showing in Portland Oregon at the Bossanova Ballroom and I was interviewed by the local news, here is the link to the story:
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To view my work you can visit my site or one of the several art sites I am affiliated with.
My Website: [link]
RAW - Natural Born Artists: [link]
Deviant Art: [link]
FanArt Central: [link]
Lisa McGraham











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I like humor
"Tonight at eleven-" "DOOOM!" Morbo and Linda from Futurama.
and creepy
"Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare.
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INUYASHA FAN FOR LIFE!!!
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There was a man who felt there was too much ugliness, so he set out to create beauty. Many saw his work and complained: It was not realistic enough.
'Profile and Gallery'
I feel deeply honoured!
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There was a man who felt there was too much ugliness, so he set out to create beauty. Many saw his work and complained: It was not realistic enough.
'Profile and Gallery'
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No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.
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"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star."