Graduated from Edinburgh
College of Art in 1971. Liz studied drawing and painting under Sir Robin
Philipson and David Michie. Elected artist member of Glasgow Art Club, of
Paisley Art Institute, of Glasgow Society of Women Artists and elected
professional member of Visual Arts Scotland. Liz has exhibited extensively
throughout Britain. She has paintings in private collections in Europe
and U.S.A. and corporate collectors include The Royal Bank of Scotland and
Aspect Capital Ltd.
In
February 2004 she won the prestigious “Kennox” Art award.
Artist's
Statement There is a
personal reaction to the subject. The still life and outdoor works are my
response to the subject on a particular occasion.Other work is more
difficult to explain. It’s to do with thoughts, random thoughts,
daydreams, reminiscences, the scattered disconnected ephemera that skips
back and forth in the mind. Sometimes there’s a tenuous connection,
sometimes there’s a span of years between one end of the connection and
the other. While, like the still life/landscape
work, there is objectivity, I think the subjective aspect of all the work
is primary. Visual imagery attracts me but the sensation from the source
is the reason for the painting.
Basically, I paint.
Awards
Winner of The Kennox Prize for 2003
Invited by East Renfrewshire Council
to be the featured artist in the East Renfrewshire Festival of Colour for
2003.
Solo Exhibitions
Calton Gallery, Edinburgh; Rozelle House, Ayrshire; Kingfisher Gallery,
Edinburgh; Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen; St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral,
Glasgow.
Shared Exhibitions
Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington; Timespan Art Gallery, Helmsdale.
Group Exhibitions
William Hardie Gallery, Glasgow; Annan Gallery, Glasgow; Kelly Gallery,
Glasgow.
Mixed Exhibitions
Work shown in mixed exhibitions and art fairs throughout Britain including
Aberdeen, Bath, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London. Also in Paisley Art
Institute, Glasgow Society of Women Artists, Visual Arts Scotland and The
Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.
Work shown in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Work selected and shown in London for the Design and Artists’ Copyright
Society exhibition as part of the CISAC 2002 Conference