ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Lierre Foest Studios - ACEO Artwork, Watercolor, Outsider Art, Expressionist, Art Cards, Folk Art</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @import url(../site/style.css); --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="black" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"> <TABLE border="0" bgcolor="white" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <TR> <TD rowspan="3" width="210" height="125" background="../site/img/0/bgleft.jpg" align="right" valign="top"><img src="../site/img/0/topleft.jpg"> <div class="sidebar"> <a href="../index.html">&nbsp;h o m e&nbsp;</a><br> <a href="../gallery/index.html">&nbsp;g a l l e r y&nbsp;</a><br> <a href="../forsale/index.html">&nbsp;f o r &nbsp; s a l e&nbsp;</a><br> <a href="../fortakes/index.html">&nbsp;f o r &nbsp; t a k e s&nbsp;</a><br> <a href="../contact/index.html">&nbsp;c o n t a c t&nbsp;</a><br> <a href="../aboutme/index.html">&nbsp;a b o u t&nbsp;</a><br> </div> <br><br> </TD> <TD bgcolor="black" background="../site/img/0/bgtop.jpg" align="right" valign="center" height="125"> <img src="../site/img/0/lierrefoest.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br><br> </TD> </TR> <!---CONTENT---> <TR> <TD bgcolor="white" align="left" valign="top"> <center> <b>-About-</b> <center><img src="../site/img/0/hr.jpg" width="85%" height="1"></center> <!---START INNER TABLE---> <TABLE border="0" bgcolor="white" cellspacing="30" cellpadding="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <TR> <TD> <p>I have been selling artwork since 2004 internationally, with collectors in the US, Germany, Canada, Australia, the UK, France, Hungary, Spain, Poland, New Zealand, Japan, China, and Austria among other places. I am self-representing. My work has been featured in art magazines, including the cover of the ACEO Magazine summer edition 2009. I currently license images to <a href="http://www.heavenandearthdesigns.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=160_326">Heaven & Earth Designs</a> for use in cross stitch charts, which can be purchased from their website. <p>My work is generally described as expressionist or outsider art, and often having a whimsical overtone. Many of my paintings are ACEO format (standing for "Art Cards, Editions, and Originals") which are 2.5" x 3.5" -- the dimensions of a standard baseball card, making them easy to collect in albums or display matted and framed individually or in sets. <p>I live in a village in Germany, near Berlin. I am married, have three little boys, and work from a home studio. I am an autodidact. I like the absolute honesty of watercolor, how the entire history is visible and cannot be covered up because it's history completes it, like a person. I have a particular interest in particle physics. Yoga and meditation are important parts of my life. Following an illness on New Years Eve of 2009 I was unable to work for half a year and am still recovering. Because of lasting neurological issues I am only able to paint when wearing eye patch now but I am optimistic. I do not like writing autobiographies. </p> </TD> <TD align="center" valign="top"> <img src="img/lierre_foest.jpg"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <!--END INNER TABLE--> </TD> </TR> <!---CONTENT---> <!---COPYRIGHT---> <TR> <TD bgcolor="white" align="center" valign="bottom"><font size="1" face="verdana" color="#999999">Content copyright &#169; 2005-2010 Lierre Foest. All rights reserved.</TD> </TR> </TABLE></body>