From Chris, Paul, and Alisa at HiveWire 3D: Lisa Buckalew, aka Lisa's Botanicals and a founding partner of HiveWire 3D, passed away on February 20, 2021. She will live on in the hearts of her family and friends, and all who knew her or use any of her beautiful products. We miss you and love you, Lisa. What follows is what she originally wrote on her Bio:
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A bit about me? Thanks for asking! :)
Im Lisa, Lee, Mom, or Lisa Marie when Im in trouble! (Hi Mom!) For the past twenty years Ive been married to Jeff and Im the proud Mom to three wonderful boys.
Having been born on September 4, Im a Virgo and yes, a perfectionist. :)
I have a love of horses, books and of art that goes back to my childhood. One of my favorite childhood memories is of my mom reading me Miss Twiggys Tree over and over again. After I learned to read on my own I was hooked. Long after bedtime, my mom often found me under the covers with a flashlight reading the latest Nancy Drew or anything to do with horses book.
As a child, my creativity was always encouraged and I was told that I should pursue a career in art. Most of my childhood drawings and paintings were of faeries and elves living in mushroom worlds and of course there were many, many drawings of horses.
Twenty years ago I was destined for Art School and some formal art training but instead decided to marry and start a family. My artistic interests over the years since have been varied. Ive explored Photography, landscaping, various crafts, sewing, floral arrangement, glass etching, fountain making and Ive become quite good at cake decorating. Now, though, I feel as if Ive come full circle and am beginning another journey starting once again with my first love -- my passion for drawing and painting.
The passing of my son Jeff in the Spring of 2000 nearly destroyed me. It was then that I began using Poser to illustrate my thoughts, ideas and feelings while working through my grief.
With the expert guidance of my very dear friend, Moyra, I was able to complete my first vision, a Terragen/Poser/Photoshop composite I call Making the Journey. From there I have eagerly continued my own journey into the fine art of 3D imagery and am thrilled to be contributing to 3D resources with my own Products for Poser.
Art, expression and imagery for me go hand in hand with the written word and my passion for books has taken me through many experiences and on many adventures. I am currently exploring a variety of New Age titles and poring over the Photoshop Bible.
To me it seems that one cannot read without being inspired to write and I am pleased to say that I am now a published poet. :)
I hope have enjoyed learning a bit about the artist behind the art. Thank you for your interest.
Comments (31)
Laurie S
Lisa she is just beautiful .. I love the hair and her skin tone the background rocks and works so well with her cape. Love this!
rockets
Hmmm, I think this is my favorite...wonderful work and thanks for sharing!
chickenfly
This is very beautiful!
spratman
sweet very sweet. two tiny tiny observations. I don't think the moons on her sleeve work well with the rest of the image. seems to me it should be more like the edge of the hood. The edge between her hand and the cloak seems herd and the shadow forced. IMHO
DreamstoGo
both images are brautiful!!
LadyJaiven
So imaginative :) I love all three! LOL :)
IvoryRose
she is just beautiful.. i luv how u put stars into her outfit.. and her hair is just awsome.. great great!!
Mahliqa
I think this is my favorite too. Wonderful expression - and she looks like she's unfolding from the star field. Great job on the hair also.
Lisas_Botanicals
Thanks, everyone! I'm glad you're enjoying these as much as I am. Thanks to spratman for pointing out some problems. I think I've fixed them. :) Lisa
jeffie
WoW~! this is beautiful. love the idea
Dr__Evil
I feel like I get sucked into the image. =) One little thing that I wanted to tell you though. Her nail seems as if it were cutting her hair.
BluesPadawan
I like this one of the series best Lisa...I think all three of the series are superb in concept, color and lighting.
SkyeWolf
Lisa, these are amazing I pulled your first one and am using it as wallpaper on my desktop...it's very rare these days that someoneelse's art graces my desktop.....I can't get over this....how'd you do the effect? Was it photoshop? Please, pretty please, tell?
DangerKitty
What a gorgeous face! And the texture and coloring here is stunning.
Lisas_Botanicals
Thanks, SkyeWolf! The effect was started in Poser by rendering over a background image of the texture that I made for the clothes. That texture is about four layers of different effects. Then in Photoshop I used overlay layers painted white and black for folds and highlights and a bit of the Pattern Stamp Tool to even out some texture stretching.
Diandra
Oh this is so wonderful. The expression and pose is beautiful. The whole image is composed beautifully!!
silverstar
This is just amazingly beautiful, and my favorite of the series (so far?). There is something so magical in both her face and the image as a while. Fantastic!
Grendel
Beautiful work
Mojomatrix
Original concept. Very lovely !
Styxx
This is just beyond beautiful! Striking, dynamc! Bravo! This would be wonderful printed up!
LUNA3D
This must get a 20 plus ;o) it`s so phantastic !!! Must have it for my Desktop too. You should offer it as a Print- Great!!
Jimdoria
It's surprising how original this is given that it's such a simple concept. I guess the great ideas always look simple in hindsight. And it's so well done! (Tell me you weren't listening to "Drops Of Jupiter" when you did these!) The ankh is a bit much for my taste, but the rest is flawless.
hmatienzo Online Now!
How very stunning!
Mock
this is almost too good
Ken _Gilliland
Well done and interesting concept
Eowyn
Holy sh*t, Lisa!!! This is beyond excellent! :)
kamilche
This is fantastic. You must have had celestial assistance to make this one. ;-D
luciferino
This pic is original and tender. The face of the girl is swetty and delicious, great work
Lorraine
beautiful!...excellent idea which sparks the imagination...thanks for sharing your image!
dlwaters
Nice work ... stopped me in my tracks and made me go back for a second and third look. Great imagery, great idea.