{"title":"Lisa Moriarty Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eLisa Moriarty came to art through a different kind of making entirely. Trained as an occupational therapist, she spent years working with cardiac patients, burn survivors, premature infants, and children with complex disabilities, learning firsthand how the body holds tension, how process creates safety, and how rhythm can restore what anxiety has scattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer work has since been placed in the Fairmont, Ritz-Carlton, and private collections across the country. It lives, as she does, between disciplines. Part assemblage, part textile, part installation, always reaching toward that veiled horizon of the Northern California coast she has carried with her since childhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"she-walks-to-oceano","title":"She Walks to Oceano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"She Walks to Oceano\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e36x36\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eEncaustic and paper on wood panel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece lives in my favorite palette—blues and whites—and is deeply inspired by my grandmother, Grandma Campoy, whose love of the beach shaped so many of my earliest memories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer story began with her parents’ immigration from Spain to Hawaii, where she was born—drawn by promises of opportunity, work, and a new beginning. It was there that her connection to the ocean first took root. Later, when she moved to California, that love settled along the Monterey coast, with Pismo Beach near San Luis Obispo becoming her favorite place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor as long as I can remember, my grandmother lived with debilitating lupus. Walking was often difficult, but something changed when she was on the beach. The firm, flat stretch of sand gave her freedom—there, she could walk for miles. The ocean was her medicine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, we would walk from Pismo to the Oceano Dunes—about three miles each way. With buckets and small shovels in hand, we would halfheartedly dig for clams, combing the shoreline for sand dollars, starfish, and pieces of sea glass. Those walks felt endless and timeless filled with endless conversation and stories of her youth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece is a kind of scrapbook—layered with the colors, textures, and quiet rhythms of those long walks we shared.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Lisa Moriarty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALG Fine Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45878846750881,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/2468\/9057\/files\/LMoriarty_SheWalksToOceano-1_8008e4e1-9ed5-4d48-9f95-8fff110b27b9.jpg?v=1774992037"},{"product_id":"drifted-glass","title":"Drifted Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eEncaustic and paper on wood panel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e36 x 36\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece began with an exploration—developing both a palette and a process to capture the soft, translucent quality of sea glass, like the pieces found while beachcombing. The layered greens reflect the tones I remember so vividly from childhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThose colors have a complicated origin. They are the result of discarded glass—once thrown into the ocean from the nearby military presence at Fort Bragg, California. Over time, the ocean transformed that debris, tumbling and softening it into something unexpectedly beautiful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYears later, those worn fragments came to define the shoreline. One beach in particular—Glass Beach—became known for its surface of smooth, sea-polished glass. Located in Noyo Headlands Park in Northern California, it is covered not in sand, but in small, light-catching pieces of colored glass.There are actually three Glass Beach sites in Fort Bragg, where refuse was dumped into the ocean between 1906 and 1967. Site Two (1943–1949) and Site Three (1949–1967)—now commonly referred to as “Glass Beach”—are where much of this transformation took place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece reflects that paradox: the quiet beauty that can emerge over time, shaped by memory, environment, and the steady, patient movement of the sea.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Lisa Moriarty \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALG Fine Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45897432531105,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/2468\/9057\/files\/IMG_2454.jpg?v=1776449737"},{"product_id":"oh-my-sky","title":"Oh My Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaper, Encaustic Wax and Pigments on Wood Panel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e48 x 48\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The colors in this piece are drawn from the soft oranges and pinks of the sunset.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen my daughter was very young, she would quietly say “oh my” in response to the beauty in the sky. 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The fog softens everything it touches, muting edges and sound, while sustaining the lush life around it—moss-covered trees and vibrant coastal wildflowers. It is also a fickle landscape, where sunlight and dense mist continually trade places, transforming the same view again and again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece captures that in-between moment—the gentle transition as light begins to emerge and the fog slowly releases its hold. Constructed from silk and encaustic, the surface is built in rippling forms that echo both the smaller rhythms of waves and the larger movement of the tide. 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In this transformation, the inherent hardness of glass becomes something gentle and delicate, offering a quieter, more intimate expression of the ocean’s beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe undulating forms echo the natural movement of water, inviting a sensory experience of the ocean’s steady rhythm—its ebb and flow. Subtle shifts in color mirror the ever-changing tones of the sea, creating a sense of motion and quiet vitality within the piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach transition in hue recalls the layered translucency of sea glass, encouraging reflection on our connection to the natural world. 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