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Lisa Fittipaldi began painting in the summer of 1995 after learning that her blindness was permanent. Although she had no background in art, Ms. Fittipaldi soon found it to be a source of relief from depression. Mathematically gifted, Ms. Fittipaldi developed an ability to decipher space, using this new skill to teach herself to paint realism. After a few years of working in watercolor on paper, in 2000 Ms. Fittipaldi changed her medium of choice to oil on canvas. In 2001, the Witte Museum gave Ms. Fittipaldi her first museum exhibit. Possibly the only blind painter of realism in the world, today Ms. Fittipaldi's favorite subject is the street scene, vignettes of daily life that she conjures up using what she refers to as her "Mind's Eye."

In 1999, realizing a deficit in our educational system, Ms. Fittipaldi created the Mind's Eye Foundation to provide educational technology for low vision, visually impaired, blind and hearing impaired children who are mainstreamed into public schools. A portion of the proceeds from Ms. Fittipaldi's paintings goes to the Mind's Eye Foundation so that it may supply these children with specially equipped computers and software to allow them to achieve their potential alongside their non-handicapped peers. To find out more about The Mind's Eye Foundation, please click HERE. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Ms. Fittipaldi's paintings is donated to The Mind's Eye Foundation.

Since 1997, Lisa Fittipaldi's paintings have been collected all over the world. Her inspirational story has been featured in People Magazine, Austin Monthly, the Austin American-Statesman, The Miami Herald, and on The Oprah Winfrey Show, National Public Radio, Discovery Health's Life Force, PAX TV's It's a Miracle, and Japanese TV's Unbelievable. In late 2005, Ms. Fittipaldi was filmed for Superhumans, a program about twelve disabled people living extraordinary lives that The Learning Channel will broadcast in 2006. She also gives motivational speeches, most recently for Citigroup in New York. Ms. Fittipaldi currently resides in San Antonio, where she and her husband just sold the bed and breakfast they ran since 2000. Her paintings have been on display at Gallery Soco since 2000, where she is a leader among the gallery's portfolio artists.