Lisa Boepens
Artist
Lisa Boepens
Location
Namibia
Creating
Painting
Lisa Boepens is in her early fifties and lives near the settlement of Piet se Pos, close to her parents. She is married and has three children, and spends her evenings gathered around the fire with her family.
Lisa is deeply knowledgeable about traditional plants and, during the rainy season, gathers veld food to support her household. She has attended several Omba Arts Trust workshops and has developed a distinctive, charming visual language in her work.
In recent years, she has faced the challenge of caring for a sick husband, and she works tirelessly to support and nourish her family.
Proud Mary acquired this original piece through Omba Arts Trust, an organization that since 2002 has traveled to remote Namibian resettlement farms to support and work alongside emerging San artists.
The San people are recognized as one of the most enduring human populations in history, with cultural roots dating back more than 20,000 years. Yet their voices have often been overshadowed by the forces of modern politics and displacement.
Art has become one of the most powerful mediums through which San artists articulate both ancestral knowledge and contemporary reality. The imagery in this work reflects generations of hunting and gathering traditions, alongside the artists’ transition into a world vastly different from that of their ancestors.
Today, many San communities live on resettlement farms across regions including Omaheke, Ohangwena, Bwabwata, and Tsumkwe—far from their traditional habitats.
