About Liz

Liz Walker Liz Walker was born in Pennsylvania and raised in San Antonio, Texas--a large metropolitan city infused with the culture, language, and architecture of Mexico. This experience has had a profound and positive affect on her life and most certainly influences how she chooses the colors and subject matter in her paintings.

In 1980, Liz received a B.A. in Art from Trinity University, but, like many artists, found financial security in an unrelated field: writing software user manuals for a computer company. After that, art and creativity took a backseat to building a 10 year career in technical writing. Growing restless and dissatisfied with the demands of the high tech world (especially after her daughter was born in 1993) Liz took a night class in watercolor and rediscovered her artistic passion--and churned out 100 paintings in the first year!

In 1997 after considerable soul-searching, Liz quit her stressful job and devoted herself completely and wholeheartedly to the thing she was put on this earth to do--PAINT. Life is a balancing act--juggling her family's needs along with her artistic ambitions--but every bit of it is worth the effort.

Watercolor is Liz's preferred medium, but she also create works in mixed media, collage, and acrylics. Her paintings have been exhibited both locally and nationally and have won numerous awards. Many of her paintings are in private collections in Texas, Massachusetts, California, Colorado and Oregon.

Resume

Education

Trinity University, 1976-1980 San Antonio, Texas
B.A. in Art; specialized in painting (acrylics on canvas)

DeCordova Museum School, 1991-1998
Lincoln, Massachusetts

Attended numerous watercolor workshops led by nationally known artists including: Pat San Soucie, Chris Keylock Williams, Morris, Harold Walkup, Michael Schlicting, and Eric Weigardt

Exhibits

Solo Exhibits

Village Gallery of Arts--November 2006, Portland Oregon

"Colorscapes", a Multnomah Art Center Solo Exhibit - March 2002, Portland, Oregon

Open Studios in Portland, Oregon; 2001 and 2002

Village Gallery of Arts -- April 2001, Portland, Oregon

Group Exhibits
Opaque/Transparent: 2 Artists/2 Views, Multnomah Art Center, March 2006

"A River Runs Through It" at Portland City Hall, December 2005

National Watercolor Society Spring Show, 2005

Northwest Watercolor Society Waterworks show; Fall 2003 in Seattle Washington

Celebrating Women: Their Strength and Vision , March 2004 at Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID; Women's Work series of 7 paintings

Up Close in Pink exhibit for breast cancer awareness; September, 2003 at the Portland YWCA

Oregon Society of Artists' Rose Show, 2000-2004

Celebration of Creativity, Southminster Presbyterian Church, March 2004, Beaverton, Oregon

Littman & White Gallery at Portland State University--September 2001, Portland, Oregon

Beaverton Art Gallery - March 2001

Beaverton Arts Commission Annual Showcase --February 2001, 2002 Beaverton, Oregon

Memberships

Oregon Society of Artists

Village Gallery of Arts

Watercolor Society of Oregon

Northwest Watercolor Society

Awards

Watercolor Society of Oregon Spring 2008 show; Third Place for "Luck of the Draw"

Northwest Watercolor Society, Fall 2007 Juror Merit Award for "Luck of the Draw"

Village Gallery of Arts Touch of Red show; Second Place for "A House Divided"

Village Gallery of Arts theme show Aug. 2004; Honorable Mention for "Sofa Seat No.5 With Cat"

OSA Rose Show 2003; Honorable Mention Awards for "Rose Finfare" and "Sofa Seat No.2"

Watercolor Society of Oregon Fall 2003 show; Award of Distinction for "Free Falling"

Publications

Featured in the book "How to Enter Shows, Win Awards and Become Famous" by Harold Walkup, 2008

CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women Vol. 22, no. 1, Winter 2003/2004; Images of seven paintings in my Women's Work series were reprinted in this publication.