Art Prints of this original piece availble on request.
The Challenge is a large-scale upcycled mixed media art piece by Lisa Watkins, blending bold abstraction with deep emotional resonance. Crafted from a repurposed canvas and layered with salvaged acrylic offcuts, enamel, and poured resin, the work explores tension, memory, and movement with sculptural impact.
With high-contrast blacks, neon accents, and graphic forms that hint at language, identity, and legacy, The Challenge channels a visceral energy. Although the story it tells is not directly personal to the artist, the act of making it was intuitive and necessary — as if the piece arrived with its own agenda, demanding to be brought into being.
This upcycled mixed media art piece offers more than surface and shine; it’s a symbolic tribute to the stories we inherit — passed down, interrupted, or never told — waiting to take form through new voices and sustainable materials.
Ideal for collectors seeking bold, statement-making wall art with meaning, The Challenge brings both visual power and emotional weight to any space.
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Welcome to myshinymadness — the bold, sustainable art practice of Lisa Watkins. Based in West Auckland, Lisa transforms discarded materials into sculptural statements that are equal parts political, playful, and poignant.
She is the winner of the 2025 Localised Sustainability Art Award, and has already won multiple other awards in 2025. Recognised as one of Aotearoa’s most original mixed media artists, Lisa has been noted by curators and collectors as “one to watch” in New Zealand’s contemporary art scene.
Contemporary Upcycled Mixed Media Art & Assemblage – Made in Aotearoa

"Absoloutely stunning, the quality the colour -just incredible"
SKU: TC
$850.00Price
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