#17 Lisa Mounteer Watson: I paint what is in my heart and soul SAY YAS WITH KURT

My guest, Lisa Mounteer Watson is Californian, but she has lived abroad for over 20 years. She majored in Fine Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1980. After living in the UK and Belgium for twelve years, Lisa moved to the Middle East in 2002 and lived in Oman, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Since few years she is back in the UK again.
Lisa has created many artworks for Five Star Hotels in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and even for the Emir of Qatar. When I was in the UAE - I represented Lisa Mounteer Watson, and she was one of my best-selling artists.
Website to Lisa’s artwork:
www.lisamounteerwatson.co.uk
www.littlevangogh.co.uk
KEY TAKEAWAYS
About art
I paint as I hear the birds.I paint what is in my heart and soulI learn my whole life. Why I am changing? Better I refine it.Find your medium (Sculpture, Painter), then find your style and refine it.Draw! Draw! Draw!Try to avoid to paint exactly what you see.About work & life
Go for it, take some risk.Give yourself a break.Always trust yourself, no matter what. Don’t listen to others.There are no regrets. This needs to be seen as lessons.I am always grateful for my past. ABOUT THE HOST
Kurt Blum is property investor and developer and the managing director of Yas Properties Ltd. in the UK, helping investors to increase their wealth. He spent 13 years in Dubai and raised $1M+ for arts, culture & sports events.
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