Emily Lisker

Paintings by Emily Lisker


Target, oil on canvas, 20" x 16"


The Bird Maiden, oil on canvas, 16" x 20"


Rebus, oil on canvas, 16" x 20"




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Emily Lisker is a painter, writer, and freelance illustrator. Her award-winning  illustrations for magazines and newspapers have appeared across the  country in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post,  and The New Yorker. She has illustrated over a dozen books, many of them for children. Her artwork has been used for theater sets and programs, posters, book covers, calendars, T shirts, and even milk bottles. She has had numerous shows of her paintings and illustrations in exhibitions, galleries, theaters, and restaurants. Her writing is featured on her blog The Urban Mermaid (theurbanmermaid.blogspot.com). Emily received a degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, and has made Woonsocket, Rhode Island her home.