Stilnovich, Lisa

Lisa L Stilnovich has been painting ever since 1979 when her mother signed her up for painting classes with her grandmother, Zilda Triplett.

A versatile artist, Stilnovich has spent the past 14 years teaching painting at the Native American Summer Academy in Auburn, WA, and Pierce College Continuing Education.  Lisa has been featured on two Country magazine covers, had three solo exhibits, and displayed her work in numerous shops, galleries, group exhibits, and at the Puyallup Art &Wine walk.

She currently spends her time at home with her daughter Iz, son Fred, and her pets.  She volunteers with the Good Samaritan Reading program, at Karshner Elementary, and donates her artwork to causes she finds noble.

Stilnovich currently resides in Puyallup Washington.

Chairs Artists Live Auction Silent Auction Sponsors

Chair Affair Artist

Lisa L Stilnovich has been painting ever since 1979 when her mother signed her up for painting classes with her grandmother, Zilda Triplett.

A versatile artist, Stilnovich has spent the past 14 years teaching painting at the Native American Summer Academy in Auburn, WA, and Pierce College Continuing Education.  Lisa has been featured on two Country magazine covers, had three solo exhibits, and displayed her work in numerous shops, galleries, group exhibits, and at the Puyallup Art &Wine walk.

She currently spends her time at home with her daughter Iz, son Fred, and her pets.  She volunteers with the Good Samaritan Reading program, at Karshner Elementary, and donates her artwork to causes she finds noble.

Stilnovich currently resides in Puyallup Washington.

All in the Golden Afternoon

Click on an image to enlarge.

A Chair with ‘Muchness’ - ‘muchness’, first used in the 14th century, is defined as a noun describing something or someone of greatness.

This little chair involved
*Much creating
*Much paint
*Much hidden (under the paint)

My chair, All in the Golden Afternoon, was inspired by my daughter Isabella.  As I was painting flowers on the plain wood of the chair, a rocker my grandmother, Zilda, gave to all the youngest grandchildren of our family, my daughter was singing along with an Alice in Wonderland tune, All in the Golden Afternoon.  Then inspired, I began to weave in more elements of bread, butterflies and maidens, hidden about on the chair.

In Light Transcendent

Click on an image to enlarge.

Pink trike. Beacon Hill. My painting style.  My Family.  The first plan for my chair began with the title “Painting the Roses Pink”, envisioning an  Alice in Wonderland theme. The change in title, and of course theme,  began one night in late November with one of my own old kitchen chairs,   a can of pink paint leftover from painting a bedroom this past summer, and Me.

A can of pink paint.  An old brown chair.  And me.  Around midnight it struck me that my first trike (when I was a child growing up in Beacon Hill, Washington) was pink, and my parents had painted it.  I absolutely loved  that part of my childhood, it was like a fairy tale living on Beacon Hill in the brick house. The neighborhood was titled Garlic Gulch for all the European immigrants who inhabited it. Interesting as now it is a historical site.  Great memories, my Mom, Dad, brothers, sister and me. Hmm... I'm still painting when the idea strikes me to do an homage to my family. I'd written a little book about my family, centered loosely around my grandmothers. Why couldn't I take all those memories and stories, and incorporate it into a chair? Make it like my own little fairy tale. Why not? It’s my chair to decorate - why shouldn't I transpose one the happiest times of my life, those memories, onto a chair? 

So that’s exactly what I did. My humble attempt at a tribute to my family,  with things that held whimsey, a dreamlike state to me. This is My In Light Transcendent.  

Faith and Trust

Click on an image to enlarge.

I had seen from a few years back, a chair painted for the Chair Affair by artist Evelyn Rurik.  She had painted roses & musical notes, in great detail, yet left the natural beauty of the wooden chair intact. So both the painting and the natural luster of the wood wove a magical tale. I loved that chair!  

After perusing some of my mothers vintage finds, I asked to have an old 1940's chair ...this great chair, which had such character.  I only wanted to enhance it, much like I had seen Evelyn Rurik do with her chair.

So that's what I set out to do. I wanted it lovely, so I went with pretty florals, fairies, sweet little birds, hearts, and I topped it off with diamond dust to give it that ethereal feel, aka 'pixie dust'.