Lisa Grob is a self-taught artist who began her artistic career working in oils. From 1973 until her retirement in 1998, she was a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1997, Lisa became interested in watercolors and now works solely in that medium. She has studied under Nita Engle, AWS, internationally known landscape artist, and attended the workshops of several well-known artists, including Ted Mitchen, AWS, and Cheng-Khee Chee, AWS. In addition, she attended various art courses at the Du Cret School of Art in North Plainfield, NJ, and the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA. Lisa is the New Jersey editor of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.
AWARDS
2006 NJ Chapter, American Artist Professional League (Pauline Wick Award)
2006 American Artist Professional League, All Members Show (Honorable Mention)
2004 Guild of Creative Art Annual Open Juried Show, Shrewsbury, NJ (Honorable Mention)
2003 Historic Chester Annual Fine Arts Show, Chester, NJ (Best Watercolor in Show)
1999 The Artist’s Magazine Annual International Art Competition (Honorable Mention)
EXHIBITIONS
2007 Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, Monmouth Beach, NJ; Johnson and Johnson Corporate Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ (solo show); West Long Branch Library, West Long Branch, NJ (solo show)
2006 New Jersey Watercolor Society Open Juried Show, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ; NJ Chapter, American Artist Professional League Juried Show; Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, Monmouth Beach, NJ; Plein Air Artists of the Jersey Coast show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ
2005 The New American Gallery; New Jersey Watercolor Artist Show, group show; NJ chapter American Artist Professional League Juried Show; Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ (group shows)
2004 Educational Testing Services, Princeton, NJ (solo show); Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ (group shows); New Jersey Watercolor Society Open Juried Show
2003 New American Gallery Show (group show)
2003 Swerdlow Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ (group show)
2003 Historic Chester Annual Fine Arts Show, Chester, NJ (group show)
2001 Artsbridge, Stockton, NJ (group show)
2000 Massabesic Audubon Center, Massabesic, NH (three-artist show). Lisa’s painting, “Quiet Falls,” was used to promote the show in the Derry News.
PUBLICATIONS
Lisa’s painting, “Point Pleasant Fleet,” has been featured in the Jersey Shore Publication, 2006 Holiday Issue; “Sunday Morning” was used to promote the Guild of Creative Art’s May 2006 show in the Atlanticville Press; and “The Rising” was used to promote the Guild of Creative Art’s 2004 open juried show in the Asbury Park Press.
MEMBERSHIPS
American Watercolor Society
National Watercolor Society
Garden State Watercolor Society
New Jersey Watercolor Society
The Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ, Exhibiting Member
NJ Chapter, American Artist Professional League, Exhibiting Member
The Plein Air Artists of the Jersey Coast