Lisl grew up in the Big City of Cape Town and at the end of 1991 emerged from a 3 year Design Art Course (Cape Technicon) with sights set on dusty roads, open spaces and the yearning of long distance young love. Two years on, in 1993, the united couple moved to still dustier roads and remarkably more expansive open spaces of the Little Karoo.
Today they still live in the bush, 35km from the bustling metropolis of Oudtshoorn. Lisl and her Nature Conservator husband (of 13 years) Tom have since created two wee, busy 'bush baby' daughters Jade and Kai (4 and 2 respectively).
For the first eight years on Gamka Mountain Nature Reserve, Lisl battled deadlines designing and illustrating for Gauteng-based publishing company Jacana, with the aid of bush telegraph and cyberspace. In between deadlines she splashed about with watercolours and exhibited these landscapes locally.
Four years ago she discovered the joys and endless dimensions of motherhood and oil painting. Life has never been quite the same since. Now the magical Karoo light, its life and seasons are seen through 3 pairs of new eyes.
