Lisa McPike Smith

Lisa McPike Smith is a ceramic artist that works and lives in San Marcos, Texas.  She comes from a long line of talented artists and craftsmen who encouraged her to follow her passion for art. She earned her BFA in Studio Art in 1992 from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) with a concentration in ceramics. She prides herself in being a fifth generation Texan, although she moved to Colorado after college to pursue a career in painting tiles for folks in the Roaring Fork Valley. She returned to Texas after 10 years to get back in touch with her roots and to be further inspired by the rich culture of central Texas.

With a fondness for tiles, she decided to start making her own using her designs inspired by the natural world.

Lisa’s work is made using traditional slab construction along with block-printing processes. She hand-carves a variety of block-prints that give her work a unique bas-relief surface. Each piece is low-fired and glazed using traditional techniques. All pieces are food-safe, but not meant for the microwave or dishwasher.

Lisa shows her work in only a handful of galleries, gift shops and seasonal art shows throughout the southwest. She recently had a solo show at the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce and had a piece hanging in the Austin Bergstrom International Airport in the summer of 2010.

Lisa’s love of the creative process keeps her inspired to create new works of art to share with others.