280 Dale Road
Biglerville, PA 17307
717-677-4122
lisa.harman@yahoo.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
I currently teach high school art at Upper Adams
School District where I have taught since 1992.
I have also taught a number of adult classes
including portraiture and mosaic making. I have
a BS in Art Education from Temple University and
a MEd as a Reading Specialist from Shippensburg
University. As a certified k-12 art teacher, I
have had the opportunity to practice a wide
array of art mediums, all of which I enjoy and
create on a regular basis. My true love however
leans more towards fine crafts, such as
ceramics, jewelry and PMC Clay, mosaics and
glass work. I also paint and draw, and have had
numerous portrait commissions. As an artist who
struggles with ADD, I find myself jumping around
from medium to medium and combining many
different craft making skills into one or more
projects. My art reflects a diversity that comes
from teaching public school art students for
many years. It has developed and changed from
rigid and realistic, to a looser, colorful,
perhaps even playful art, which has come from
years of observing young students create their
art. The spontaneity that children have for
simply making art purely for the love of
creating it inspires me and I have strived over
the years to be freer in my creations. Once all
the technical aspects of art are learned, I
believe the creation of art should be fun and
enjoyable. As Pablo Picasso said, "Every child
is an artist. The problem is how to remain an
artist once he grows up."
