Try painting with oil and cold wax
Lisa Timmerman graduated from Bristol Art College, followed by a career producing artwork for the fashion and textiles industry. She has had many solo and group exhibitions, including with the Royal Society of British Artists’ annual exhibition. Her work has been featured on BBC TV and is in collections across Europe.
In October 2016, while travelling in Mayamar, I found myself mesmerised by a pool of graceful, pretty koi fish. I took a series of photographs, enjoying the way the sunlight caught and changed their colours as they broke the surface tension, and the way the water obscured them and changed their colours. I stored the photographs knowing that one day I would paint them.
It wasn’t until 2019 that I discovered a technique to do them justice. I have always preferred acrylics and oils to
