ABOUT ME

“All of what I choose to create is what positively moves me”

A woman with blond hair sitting on the floor in front of several paintings, wearing a black t-shirt and pants, smiling gently at the camera.

Working primarily with acrylics and oils, my process is intuitive and evolves with each series, often incorporating imprinting, layering, and expressive mark-making.

I create atmospheric abstracted landscapes that explore the relationship between nature, emotion, and mental wellbeing.

A woman sitting on grass by a river, drawing in a sketchbook on a sunny day.

Rooted in a process-led practice, my work often begins intuitively, guided by a search for meaning through paint and place, translating emotion into form.

Mark-making plays a vital role in my paintings. I use a wide range of tools alongside brushes and palette knives to create patterns, rhythms, and gestural marks.

Each painting becomes a process of discovery — finding visual solutions to emotional questions, translating feeling into form, and balancing intuitive spontaneity with moments of quiet reflection.

Artist painting on paper with brush; messy table with art supplies

Ultimately, I seek to express the restorative power of both creativity and the natural world,

offering spaces of calm, reflection, and quiet renewal ,

in the hope that each painting becomes a quiet balm for the spirit.

Biography

Woman sitting on a hay bale in a field under a blue sky with white clouds.

Lisa Derrick is a semi-abstract landscape artist living and working in Scotland.

Originally from a small village in West Sussex, her early years were spent exploring open fields, woodlands, and skies — experiences that continue to influence her connection with nature and her creative process. Lisa graduated from Nottingham Trent Polytechnic in 1994 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, selling several works from her degree show to private collectors in London.

Her career then took a turn into teaching, but after moving to Scotland in 2007, painting once again became central to her life. The surrounding landscape, with its shifting light and quiet beauty, continues to shape her artistic voice.

Lisa Derrick’s paintings explore the emotional resonance of place and the restorative connection between nature and wellbeing — inviting calm, reflection, and a sense of renewal.

“The paintings that I make are based upon the feelings evoked from being within the natural landscape that range from awe to a meditative calm.”

“I want my paintings to be like sanctuaries for the soul”