LisaCrowBurke

Greetings friends, followers, admirers and passers-by. 

Its been a long road for me over the past few years with my family involved in the United States Marine Corps. Military life is by no means easy, and despite enjoying so much time devoted to being a stay-at-home Mom while my daughter blossomed into a beautiful, intelligent and thoughtful young girl, I have a heavy heart. I regret my obvious lack of art while stationed at Camp Lejeune, but at the very least I'm glad to have made strides in other personal directions and creative endeavors during our time there. 

Just recently we moved back to our home state and are living nearby family and friends once more. It's a great feeling, and I'm ready for a fresh, new start. I hope one day soon I'll be able to give back to my community here where I grew up through the joy, inspiration and therapeutic values of art. It's a personal dream of mine to own/run a studio that I can open and share with others, and encourage them to find happiness within themselves by loving what they create and striving to do more.

Last summer my laptop was severely damaged, taking down with it all my personal files, including all my images, contacts, commission database and résumé information, among countless other things like vast writing and storytelling files and all my music. It's been a severe hindrance to my work, but I've managed to progress a bit, and hope that it won't hold me back from accomplishing my goals and furthering my career. I have a smart phone and a tablet now, so that will hold me tight until I can hopefully recover my hard drive. 

in closing, nothing particularly new to share in terms of artwork, but major lifestyle and personal changes are in the works. Thanks to everyone who has stayed in touch, waited to hear back, came to view my portfolio or just decided to swing by.


All the best,

Lisacrow

email:   lisaburke.art@gmail.com
web:   lisacrowburke.daportfolio.com

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Hi all, it's been a while since I updated here. Life and all. Lots of things.

[UPDATE 05/16/2013]

Call it a birthday gift...

Hello everyone, and thank you so much for all the comments/faves/llamas! Also a HUGE thank you to those who have started following me here and on Facebook. I'm over 50 FB followers and was hoping to do a pin/button/flair giveaway to three random followers when I hit 100! So if you enjoy my work and want a first peek/behind the scenes look at how it all goes down, please like my page and follow me! ( www.facebook.com/pages/Traditi… ) Feel free to share if you know someone else who would enjoy it. All the support is truly appreciated, and helps motivate me to keep drawing.


Thank you!

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[UPDATE 02/28/2013]
Hi all, thanks for reading my update real quick.

I currently have three commissions lined up and a 15-piece project with a May 1st deadline for a co-op contract, so I am halting additional commission work until my schedule is clear again. Hopefully I can make it in time.. I should be re-opening my work availability sometime in May if all goes well. If you were considering a commission, we can still have a discussion about it.

One last thing - Just want to thank everyone for all the faves and comments on my newest piece:


I have this crazy dream that after 10 years of being active on this site, one day I'll actually get a DD on something, so all your feedback is really encouraging for me to keep doing my best, and to strive to do better with each new piece. Maybe it's a silly, personal goal that I yearn for, but it keeps me motivated to continue creating work from my heart, to yours.



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Commission Information

Hi everyone, and thanks so much for your interest in my artwork! Commissions are currently closed due to workload, but I expect they will re-open in May. If you are interested in putting me to work on a single piece or project, or anything else for that matter, please do not hesitate to contact me!


Below is my current basic pricing outline and differences in mediums.

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2.5x3.5" (ACEO) full detail pencil or ink painting - $25 USD
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4.5x6.0" full detail pencil or ink painting - $55 USD
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8x10" full detail pencil or ink painting - $85 USD
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Sketches, different size formats or other requests are acceptable.

Prices do not include shipping, sorry!

If you are interested in a commission, please feel free to:
note me here on dA or
email me at lisadonovan.art@gmail.com

A note about the prices:
I put a tremendous amount of effort into each piece - usually between 6 and 20 hours for those size ranges. I feel my prices are both reasonable and respectable. Thank you for understanding.

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If you would like to learn a little more about me,
feel free to read my deviantID Artist's Statement.
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Hi all, back again to post a commission piece, hope you like it. If you are interested in a commission, please note or email me.


Apparently I was tagged in my absence, so to accommodate SilverVulpine I will post 5 things about myself and answer his 10 questions.

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1. I have a rare form of juvenile glaucoma and am partially blind in both eyes.

2. My favorite place in the world is being alone in the forest with nothing but my senses and a camera.

3. I am an empath, occasionally psychic, and always have animal magnetism.

4. I'm happily married to a US Marine and have a beautiful daughter.

5. I love cartoons. Right now my favorites are "Legend of Korra" and "The Regular Show", but my daughter and I are constantly spitting quotes from Spongebob and Fairly Odd Parents.


's ten questions:

1. What's your porn star name? Polly Kimball
2. What is your greatest fear?/Biggest phobia? I don't really have any phobias.. unless spiderwebs count (not spiders) and my greatest fears are a bit morbid... so I'm gonna have to say... INCHWORMS. UGGHHH... I live in a forested area and they come down at me from the trees on their nasty little webs... WEBS!! I swear I can hear "Flight of the Valkyrie" when I open my door and have to make a mad dash for the car before they get on me or in my hair AAGHHjioeaknfwa[gijkvx;i!! And then at night, when all is quiet.... you can hear them EATING the leaves in the trees, there's so many of them. *HURK* Ok next question please.
3. Which Hogwarts house would YOU be sorted into?  Ravenclaw or bust.
4. What's your favorite TV show which was unjustly canceled before it got a chance? I want to say "Samurai Pizza Cats" but that show actually got it's final episodes... so I'm gonna have to go with "Sonic Sat AM". Not because I'm a Sonic fan, but because it was actually a really good, captivating, well-made series.
5. Who is your favorite standup comic? This is impossible to answer... lately it's John Pinette.
6. What was the worst job you've ever had? I think... when the Stop & Shop I was working at in NB closed and I had to relocate to Seekonk while it was renovated.. that was probably the worst. I only liked one or two people, the manager was a complete tool and kept changing my schedule cause he wouldn't listen to me, it was so unclean and I couldn't get anyone to clean it with me, and i was something like 7 months pregnant. Plus it was insanely busy all the time so there was never a moment to rest or slow down.
7. Did you ever have a crush on a teacher? And if so, how old were you? I remember there was a super hot, young substitute teacher in my high school... but it wasn't a crush.
8. What would be your favorite pastime if you were a deranged millionaire? Taking over the world with my army of evil crows who do my bidding - Muahahahahaaaa!
9. If you were a Jedi, which of the Seven styles of lightsaber combat would YOU practice? I don't even know this... so I'm going to apply it to what I know from Gojuryu and say Eagle Claw.
10. How much cajoling would it take to get you to dance in the rain? Cajole... that's a new one for Words with Friends... It wouldn't take much; I love the rain and being outdoors. I'd probably volunteer or even suggest it beforehand.


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Well that's everything.
Forgive me for not re-tagging, that drives me nuts, like a bad chain letter that keeps coming back.
You got this much out of me... and that's plenty for now!





Thanks to all who commented, faved, watched and llama'd since I've been gone!
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