Liz McGhee
I find inspiration in organic textures, shapes, patterns, rhythms and processes, and enjoy working in media that allow me to explore those elements. My method is intuitive and exploratory.
1- Untitled unframed monoprint paper size 16 x 12”, image size 12 x 12”
2- Untitled unframed monoprint paper size 16 x 12”, image size 12 x 12”
3- Untitled unframed monoprint paper size 16 x 12”, image size 12 x 12”
4- Untitled unframed monoprint paper size 16 x 12”, image size 12 x 12”
5- Untitled unframed monoprint paper size 16 x 12”, image size 12 x 12”
6- Untitled unframed monoprint paper size 16 x 12”, image size 12 x 12”
7- Untitled unframed monoprint paper size 16 x 12”, image size 12 x 12”
8- Untitled unframed monoprint paper size 16 x 12”, image size 12 x 12”
1-Untitled 2022 monoprint on panel, 6 x 6
2-Untitled 2022 monoprint on panel, 6 x 6
Liz McGhee’s prints and drawings are abstractions of landscapes experienced, imagined and felt. Some of her compositions reveal a fascination with processes and movements, while others follow a mesmerized path of textures, shapes and light. Printmaking with gelatin plates, and with found objects directly on paper provide an aspect of chance and surprise she seeks as part of her process; a process reflecting her own explorations and meanderings through natural spaces.
Liz spent 13 years as a director of Spindleworks, an art center for adults with disabilities in Brunswick, Maine. As she worked to facilitate and promote the work of others, she was constantly surrounded by inspiration and influenced by the artists’ ease, fearlessness, and lack of self-consciousness in their making. In returning to her own work, she seeks to bring that spirit to her practice. Liz continues to be inspired by the work and dedicated studio practices of artists, Lari Washburn, Celeste Henriquez, and Anna Hepler, as well as writer, Mary Oliver.