I grew up in California’s San Joaquin Valley, on a ranch surrounded by horses, cows, chickens, and the wide open sky. My Saturdays were spent walking the land, exploring nature, and marveling at the creatures who lived there—especially the birds. These early experiences are always with me when I paint. I see myself as an interpreter of the natural and unseen worlds, absorbing the vibrations, energies, and feelings that surround us.

Art has always been part of my life. With two artist parents, our home was filled with canvases, music, and creativity. I studied piano and voice from a young age, while also developing my own artistic eye. Porcelain painting became my first great passion—a transformative art form that felt both timeless and alive. I devoted myself to mastering the “lost art” of hand-painted porcelain, eventually spending more than 30 years painting on porcelain and canvas, creating miniature oil paintings daily, and refining my craft. Over the years, I have produced thousands of works, including commissions for five-star hotels, heads of state, and museums.

Today, my heart has opened to a new medium. Through mixed media and watercolor, I have found a way to fly and soar—working with the fluid energy of water, blending imagination and intuition. These paintings carry with them the essence of dreams, messages, wisdom, passion, and life itself.

Each piece is both an offering and an invitation. My hope is that my art brings beauty, peace, and wonder into your environment, and that it sparks the same sense of discovery and joy I first felt wandering my family’s ranch so many years ago.

These Collections are an artistic expression of my true essence and spirit.

Lissi Kaplan Fine Artist Porcelain Painter
hand cursive writing of the name Lissi

Lissi Kaplan is a fine artist whose original watercolors and hand-painted porcelains are treasured in the collections of dignitaries, heads of state, and private collectors around the world. She is the author and illustrator of The Power of a Teacup: A Story of Art, Love, and Sacred Gardens (ReganBooks, 2003), Light as a Feather (Little Finch Press, 2016), and her newest children’s picture book, Ludee the Ant and Her Happy Hats (Little Finch Press, 2025).

A graduate of USC, where she studied voice as an opera singer, Lissi went on to complete a three-year interior design program at UCLA before launching her own interior design business, which she successfully ran for a decade. She later transitioned to her true passion — creating art and stories that celebrate beauty, imagination, and the human spirit.

She lives in Southern California with her husband, attorney Doug Rosner.