Devon based artist Lisa Parkyn SWAc is recognised for her vibrant use of colour, expressive mark-making and layered mixed media. Originally from Botswana and part of a lineage of painters, she has painted since childhood. She recently won the President and Vice President’s Award at the 2025 Society of Women Artists Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, and has been appointed Patron of the Big Colyton Art Show 2025.

Her work is rooted in the sensory experience and raw drama of landscape, wild seascapes and untamed florals. Grounded in nature, her practice is also informed by backgrounds in graphic design, life drawing and movement psychotherapy. She works primarily with acrylic, ink, collage, pastels and charcoal.

Lisa’s solo exhibitions include Evoke (2025) and Resonance (2024), alongside group shows such as the Chelsea Art Society (2024), the Society of Women Artists (2022–25) and the South West Academy Open (2022–25). Her paintings are held in collections across the UK, Africa, Japan and Mauritius.