New Zealand House Portraits Artist Returns to Lansing, Michigan
After a three month working holiday in the New Zealand summer, house portrait and landscape artist Leisa Collins returned to Lansing, Michigan this week to experience sub-zero conditions and a temperature drop of 90 degrees. Born and raised in Auckland, Leisa returned to New Zealand to visit... - February 02, 2010
International House Portrait Artist Announces New Learning Series - “How to Paint a House Portrait”
International House Portrait Artist Leisa Collins today released the first in a series of tutorial articles on “How to Paint a House Portrait”. Entitled “Lesson One: Getting Started – The Planning Stage” the first article covers the beginning steps one must take in... - December 21, 2009
House Portrait Artist in Gisborne, New Zealand
House portrait and landscape artist Leisa Collins' most recent New Zealand tour stop was the Gisborne area where she visited family and tended to another artistic painting spree. “I've been in Auckland, Rotorua, Gisborne, Christchurch, Mt Cook and more, but Gisborne takes top prize when it comes to homes and gardens with personality!" said Leisa. - December 04, 2009
House Portraits in Rotorua, New Zealand
A quick stop over in Rotorua to see family turned into a house portrait and landscape painting spree for New Zealand artist Leisa Collins. “I recently toured 11,000 km across America on a painting tour and in just the last several weeks have been all over the north and south islands of New... - December 03, 2009
Visual Artist Stops Into Aoraki Mt Cook Village in New Zealand to Support Children and Art
Artist Leisa Collins, while retracing her painting tour footsteps of 30 years ago in New Zealand, stopped into the Aoraki Mt Cook School to support of children and art and give an impromptu watercolor lesson to the students and show them her own original watercolor house portraits and landscape paintings. - November 23, 2009
New Zealand Artist Leisa Collins Returns Home to Exhibit Art with a Message and House Portrait Works
After two decades of social activism that took her to the four corners of the globe and gave her a firsthand view of diverse cultures and social inequities, Leisa Collins, has taken up her paintbrush again and recently returned to New Zealand and her full-time art career. Leisa is now combining... - November 18, 2009
Art in Action National USA Tour Stops Into Lansing, Michigan -- Artist Creates House Portrait of Historic Lansing Home as Gift to City
Capturing the "places, faces and homes of America on camera and on canvas", Lansing was one of the stops of the Across the USA from the Eyes of an Artist tour for visual artist, Leisa Collins. Being that house portraits of historic buildings are of particular interest to Leisa, she was... - November 07, 2009
Historic New Jersey Homes Inspire House Portrait Painting -- Glen Rock, NJ, Part of Art with a Message Tour Across the USA
Capturing the places, faces and homes of America on camera and on canvas, Glen Rock was the most recent stop of visual artist, Leisa Collins, on her Across the USA from the Eyes of an Artist tour where she was most impressed with the historic homes of Glen Rock. - November 07, 2009
Art with a Message USA Tour Stops in Washington State
An alpaca farm in the lush community of Monroe, Washington becomes one of the main Pacific Northwest stops of the Across the USA from the Eyes of an Artist tour for visual artist Leisa Collins as she continues her journey to capture the "places, faces and homes of America on camera and on canvas." - October 04, 2009
Sacramento, a City of Art in Action
Children and art event held at State Capital. - September 22, 2009
Mammoth Lakes one of First Stops of USA Painting Tour Promoting Art for Change
Artist Leisa Collins' USA Tour, traveling from Los Angeles to New York City to raise funds and awareness for children and art, makes a stop in Mammoth Lakes, California. - September 22, 2009
Promoting Art for Change - Painting Tour Visits Grand Canyon
How could a painting tour of the United States raising funds and awareness for children and art education be complete without a visit to the Grand Canyon? One artist decided to make the western rim of the Grand Canyon the second stop of her Across the USA from the Eyes of an Artist tour, which captures the "places, faces and homes of America on canvas." - September 12, 2009
Lake Arrowhead, CA is First Stop of USA Painting Tour Promoting Art for Change
Artist Leisa Collins' USA Tour goes cross-counry to raise funds and awareness for children and art education. - September 09, 2009