LIZ CHRISTIAN ART

Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and Paris by a family immersed in art. I found my home many years ago on the Sunshine Coast of Magnificent British Columbia, and in the natural world engulfing it.

I create paintings in a raw, spontaneous way, without rules or boundaries. Travelling intuitively through many layers as the painting comes into its own.
Occasionally, I start a painting with a composition in mind, a plan driven by a need to express a particular emotion, feeling or desire.

Each finished piece is unique with a history and soul. Each is powerful in its own way. Whether simply through the pleasure of the beauty in the brilliance of colours blending and exciting the senses with strong contrasts or through its meaningful intent that resonates.

My semi-abstract expressionism is grounded in the natural world, reflecting both its excitement and its calm. Images emerge from dense biodiversity, zooming in and zooming out to capture different scales of reality of flora and fauna and landscape. I draw inspiration from the light and colour of the magnificence of British Columbia, as well as the American Southwest.

A snapshot from my imagination invites the viewer to discover their own connection to each piece. That is the joy of art through individual perspectives. We find common feelings and a shared human spirit.