I create colorful, abstract, textile artworks using fabrics I hand-dye and stitch together. In my artwork, I am seeking to find the simple essence of a thought, scene or object; to notice things that are passed by in our busy lives or to see something in a different way. Abstraction is my attempt to simplify the world around me and to narrow the scope to what I feel is most essential, basic and necessary.
Lisa Flowers Ross creates colorful, contemporary textile artworks using fabric that she hand-dyes. Nature, the environment and daily observation are her main inspirations which are transformed into simple forms and geometric shapes, with an emphasis on line, color and composition.
Her artwork has been exhibited in solo, group and juried exhibitions nationally and internationally. Flowers Ross has created public artworks for the cities of Boise, Meridian, Eagle and Ketchum, Idaho and Hillsboro, Oregon. Her art is included in private, public and corporate collections. She has completed artist residencies in the Western states and has received several grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts and from the Alexa Rose Foundation.
For over 20 years, Flowers Ross worked as a curatorial assistant at the Boise Art Museum and was also a voluntary art teacher for her daughter's elementary class for seven years. She has curated several exhibitions and is now an independent contractor for indoor exhibition installations.
Flowers Ross holds a Bachelor of Art degree in Studio Art with a concentration on Drawing, as well as a degree in Business from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. She is a juried artist member and serves on the Exhibition Committee of the international professional group Studio Art Quilt Associates in addition to being a member of Boise Open Studio Collective Organization. She teaches workshops in her home and at other locations, cares deeply about the environment, likes to practice yoga, hike nature trails with her husband, and commute on her e-bike.
