The Flex Gallery: Liz Park
Fri, Apr 21
|Smith & Vallee
w/ Andy Eccleshall in the main gallery
Time & Location
Apr 21, 2023, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Smith & Vallee, 5742 Gilkey Ave, Bow, WA 98232, USA
About the event
Artist Reception: April 1, 2023 3-5 pm
LIZ PARK
Originally from Pennsylvania, Liz graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006 with a B.F.A in Painting. She then moved out to the Tetons (Jackson Hole, WY) where she lived for 10 years, working as a wrangler on a guest ranch, in the office at a ski resort, and even making granola bars on her way to becoming a full time artist. Liz moved to northern Washington state in early 2017, which is where she currently works and resides.
Her medium of choice for many years has been acrylic paint on varnished wood panels - she uses a simplified color palette, and plays with negative space letting the wood grain show through to create interesting compositions, usually of wildlife and mountain scenes.
In 2021, she began experimenting with using watered down acrylic washes on canvas to mimic watercolor, still striving…