“Seen/Unseen” by Lisa Tyson Ennis | Awards Collective GalleryTalk
The Awards Collective was created to feature the works of artist who have received either a Juror’s Award or Director’s Award in ASG’s Online exhibitions. Lisa Tyson Ennis’ image Seen/Unseen received the Directors’ Award in the water exhibition juried by Catherine Couturier. Lisa’s exhibition Seen/Unseen is discussed in this GalleryTalk.
Artist Statement
My work is a collection of moments of questioning, of attempting to look beneath what is seen to the unseen.
I wonder at the complexity, mystery, beauty and indifference of our world and am trying to make sense of it by looking closely, working slowly, giving attention.
Water is a shapeshifting symbol that reappears often in my work. Alone at the waters edge, I go to a place that feels closest to my animal self – a place I can not properly describe with the words we have. A place of both peace and tension, fear and wonder where deeper questions surface. Spiritual in the way I can be so. Closer to the more than human world. The Sea, the birthplace of all life. Being in this semi-meditative state is integral to the way I work and the work that I make.
Lisa Tyson Ennis
December, 2025
Bio
What is seen and not seen – the truths that lie beneath the surface – these are important concepts in Lisa Tyson Ennis’ slow, meditative, process driven work.
She explores many different historical photographic processes in her work including tintype, wet plate collodion, cyanotype and film in her traditional wet darkroom and has recently introduced digital tools into her art making as well.
She has a BA in Art History from the University of Delaware. Her photographic skills are primarily self taught but have been greatly advanced by targeted process workshops with both Maine Media and Santa Fe Photographic Workshops.
Lisa’s photographs reside in many private collections including Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tides Institute, Delaware Art Museum, and Portland Museum of Art, Biggs Museum of American Art and has been included in more than 75 solo and group exhibitions.
She lives on the coast of Maine with her husband John and their beloved pets.
website: lisatysonennis.com
instagram: @lisatysonennis