My studio practice is driven by a love of process and color. Inevitably I am drawn to scenes of light and movement in the world around me. Boat and building reflections along the Portland waterfront serve as a launching pad for me to explore elements of art and design…shape, space and color. Watching images dissolve, transmute, and reform in the water allows me free reign to explore abstraction while still holding on to remnants of something we understand. Rocky shorelines with their constantly changing conditions of light and atmosphere also challenge me to navigate their geometry and find colors and shapes that reveal themselves in subtle (or sometimes not so subtle) ways as I paint. My work evolves over time. As I have committed myself more intensely to making art over the years, the biggest realization I have come to is that you cannot rush a good thing. Whatever the medium…painting, music, writing, designing a garden…layers build upon each other, ideas develop, information is taken away, covered over, added to again and the art evolves. All these observations have led me to deepen my painting process and my perception of what is happening in the world around me. It’s a feast for the senses, with more possibilities than I could articulate in one lifetime. Liz has been making art in her Freeport, Maine studio for over 20 years. She exhibits her work throughout New England. She is a graduate of Maine College of Art (BFA 2000) and Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA 2003 Visual Arts). Her work is included in the permanent collections at the Portland Museum of Art, Colby College, Bowdoin College, New York Public Library, and the University of New England. She is a founding member of Meetinghouse Arts Gallery in Freeport, where she remains an active gallery committee member. She teaches plein air workshops on Monhegan Island, the Schoodic Peninsula at Acadia, and other gorgeous spots along the coast.