Lisa Johnston Hancock

Lisa Johnston Hancock creates art to inspire a lifelong love of the natural world. She has spent many years making art and teaching techniques to children and adults. Her illustrations have appeared in art galleries, museums and magazines, winning prestigious awards over the years. Her debut picture book Santiago and Great Bear will release with Free Spirit Publishing, June 30 2026.

In her spare time she writes musings on her Substack page, The Curious Illustrator and shares art tutorials on her YouTube channel at Lisa Johnston Hancock’s Art Videos.

When she is not drawing, you can find her reading spooky books, traveling, hiking, tinkering with her guitars or relaxing outside with her two cats, watching the hummingbirds pollinate her garden.