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ABOUT LISA
San Francisco illustrator and fine artist Lisa Congdon was raised in both upstate New York and Northern California where she grew to love the trees and animals that surrounded her. That love is now expressed most intensely through her paintings and drawings. Lisa comes from a family of creative people and has been making things with her hands since she was a little girl, but she did not begin painting until she was 33 years old. Nine years later, it is now the most significant part of her life and livelihood. Aside from four painting classes, Lisa is entirely self-taught. Three years ago, she left a career as a leader in the education nonprofit world to pursue her intense desire to live a full-time creative life, which includes co-owning and curating Rare Device, the San Francisco design-led shop and art gallery she operates with her friend Rena Tom.

Lisa is a prolific collector of old and unusual things, including bits of nature, and surrounds herself with these things in her home and studio. She is currently chronicling all of her collections in her Collection A Day 2010 Project.

Lisa lives in the Mission District of San Francisco with her partner, Clay Lauren Walsh, her 10 pound chihuahua, Wilfredo, and her two cats, Barry and Margaret (named for Barry McGee and the late Margaret Kilgallen, two of her favorite artists). She works at her studio several blocks from her home. Lisa serves on the board of directors at Southern Exposure, a 34 year old, non-profit, arts organization in San Francisco dedicated to presenting diverse, innovative, contemporary art, arts education in an accessible environment.

Lisa is represented by Lilla Rogers Studio.

FOLLOW LISA

LISA'S ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS
Harper Collins
Poketo for Target Stores
Chronicle Books
EK Success
Oopsy Daisy
Running Press
Pottery Barn Teen
Urban Outfitters
Random House
Madison Park Greetings
Galison Stationery
Bruce McGaw Graphics
Yankee Magazine
National Poetry Foundation

CONTACT INFO + NEWSLETTER
Lisa is available for fine art commissions, gallery showings and licensing/illustration work. For fine art commissions and gallery showings, contact Lisa directly. For all illustration and licensing work please contact Lisa's agency Lilla Rogers Studio.

You can sign up for her monthly informational newsletter here.

FIND + PURCHASE {Where Lisa's original work and products can be found for purchase}
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Chronicle Books (search Lisa Congdon for all her products)
Lisa Congdon's Etsy shop
Rare Device
20x200 {limited edition prints!!}
Velocity Art and Design
Little Paper Planes
The Beholder
Poketo

PRINT PUBLICATIONS {Lisa or her work are part of these publications}
The Exquisite Book
Crafting a Meaningful Home
Art for Obama
Spirit Animals
San Francisco Kitchens
The Crafter's Companion
Picture Perfect Knits
Peer: A Collaborative Coloring Book
Old School

INTERVIEWS+ FEATURES {Blogs + magazines that feature interviews or articles about Lisa}
Flavorpill Daily Dose
San Francisco Chronicle
Martha Stewart Living
Dwell Magazine
Sight Unseen
The Office Stylist
Bliss in a Teacup
Share Some Candy
Apartment Therapy House Tour
Decor8
Jenn Ski
Sprayblog
Sean Woolsey
Design*Sponge
Little Paper Planes
Venus Magazine
Poppytalk
SF Girl by Bay
Etsy Storque
2Modern Design Talk
The Red Velvet Girls