Surface pattern & fine art · Canada
Art with quiet strength, made in the space between work and wonder.
I’m Lisa Austin, the artist and surface pattern designer behind Of WIP & Wonder. I create nature-led collections with story, softness and a considered hand.
From the worktable Drawing · colour · pattern · repeat
Selected collections · 01—05
Pattern stories for meaningful surfaces
Developed for licensing across wallcoverings, textiles, paper goods and home—each collection begins with close observation and room for surprise.
01Winter wilderness · tonal collection
Sacred Silence
Rooted in the silence of the Rockies—calm, strength and scale translated into a quiet, immersive repeat.
Open collection
02Meadow studies · airy coordinates
Wildflower Whispers
Meadow flowers gathered into an open, drifting rhythm—a collection about fresh beginnings and quiet beauty.
Open collection
03Garden life · versatile lifestyle collection
Amongst the Sunflowers
Sunflowers, insects and richly layered coordinates turn a retro-farm brief into an invitation to notice what lives inside the garden.
Open collection
04Holiday gifting · coordinated collection
Yuletide Whispers
Cardinals, winter foliage and wrapped wishes bring a quieter, richly layered point of view to festive paper, fabric and seasonal goods.
Open collection
05Pondside romance · whimsical coordinates
Where the Lilies Bloom
Dancing frogs, water lilies and dragonflies turn the life of a quiet pond into a playful collection about courtship, connection and wonder.
Open collection
Click to enlarge ↗From the worktable · a living practice
Every idea takes its own path, from first notice to final colour.
Creating, playing, coordinating and finalizing rarely happen in a perfectly straight line. But every collection returns to the same constants: noticing and drawing, vectorizing the motifs, building the patterns and finding the colour that brings them together.
About Lisa
Surface pattern design offers new possibilities—and a way to create every day.
I’m a Canadian artist and emerging surface designer working across charcoal, mixed media and repeat pattern. My work blends realism with abstraction, connecting nature, structure and quiet wonder.
A little more about me ↗