Amarillo Museum of Art

When I was presented the opportunity to be part of an oil painting class over 30 years ago, I never dreamed how it would change my life. I had always loved painting and had taken a few lessons over the years, but when I started to paint every week and to really learn, it became a most important part of my life. Once I started painting I've never stopped. It's simply not a good day if I haven't painted or at least taken time to think about and plan my next painting. A studio at Sunset Galleries became available and I have been able to be part of a great group of artists there.

Since moving to a studio at Sunset, I've enjoyed a good number of classes and workshops there at the Amarillo Art Institute. These workshops have been taught by well known artists from all over the country including Marilyn Yanke, Jack Sorenson, Cecy Turner, Cindy Roof, Beth Thomas and Julia McKee. I've learned much from each of these artists as well as from the other workshop participants. The more exposure to other artists, the better!

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Elizabeth, through her art, invites you to enjoy the incredible beauty that the Lord gives to us daily. Flowers, skies, family and the little things that surround us in everyday life and in our travels are her subject matter.

Educated as a chemist and musician, she spent many years a full-time mother, civic and church worker. As her six sons left home, she found new joy in the wonderful world of art. She has studied with many teachers including Alois Neugebauer, Dord Fitz, Jack Sorenson, Lou Hansen, Tony Crouch, V.H. Scott, Stephen Kramer, Alois Caballero and others. She works in all media; oil is her favorite. Winning awards in juried art shows, her works are hanging in collections in the United States, Japan and Europe.

Reflections about and reactions to human relationships, life experiences, and our interaction with nature fuel the ideas, which extend into my images. As a contemporary artist, I often use recognizable, traditional images abstractly or metaphorically to convey the idea in my overall image. Combining digital processes with traditional print making techniques provides the opportunity to incorporate my drawings, paintings, photographs, and hand-built source material with the myriad processes inherent in printmaking. My primary print making focus involves lithography, intaglio, and serigraphy. In my mixed media drawings, I often mix drawing/painting techniques and mixed media collage with my hand-pulled prints. My larger works incorporate partial and total prints with hand-drawn/painted images, assembled textures, shapes, and figures.

For me, contemporary print making sets up a dialogue between concept and mark making-drawing my idea is the initial step and the constant in my print making process; the way I draw the image to activate the matrix involves unlimited choices and energizes my hand-pulled printed image. The interplay of evolving digital/photographic technologies and techniques with age-old print making processes allows me to incorporate printing on and with alternative materials and tools.

My studio/gallery is a collection of art that spans from portraits, landscapes, southwestern, cartoons, and fantasy. Paintings are pastel, oil, and mixed media. Prints are also available.

A model shows his or her essence in their face, and as an artist, my goal is to capture that essence. Portrait success is when the eye of the artist and the spirit of model merge. Viewing the abstract shapes we recognize as individuals is one step, but to go further and reach the innermost spark of their emotion and convey that is the thrill of the art. They range from a commission pose to costume pose.

Cartoons and fantasy are just fun. They allows me to try to capture and realize the unreal in a real way. Landscapes are a way to go somewhere and hopefully transfer that sensation to the viewer.

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