Liz Dell
2021 – Liz Dell – Artist Statement for 2d3d
Paper has always fascinated me. Usually the support for artistic work, it has become my medium. I tear and cut, fold and burn, creating an endless variety of shapes.
Shadows cast by relief passages add mood to my work as the light moves and the shapes of the shadows and the intensity of light change. Adding found objects to a work adds contrast and allows the outside world to enter my work. My work can be described variously as assemblage, construction, collage, and pyrograph.
Inspiration often comes from the paper itself, its weight, texture and colour; something that just happened to the paper, a form a shape that I can build on. I find landscapes as interesting as cityscapes, in shape and mood. Words and phrases, thoughts and feelings are inspirational too, either on their own, tending to abstract works, or adding feeling and mood to figurative works.
Following a career in Computing, I took early retirement to study art graduating in 2008.
I work around an inspiration and hope it will be appreciated for what it is, an expression in form rather than words.
Exhibitions
Hilliers Arboretum
Sheep Shed Gallery Weyhill
Hampshire Open Studios, Stockbridge Town Hall (With Quartet) from 2016
The Lights, Andover
Rum’s Eg, Romsey
Ace Art Gallery, Andover.
Annual Exhibition – Amersham &Wycombe College
Installation on Chesil Beach
Annual Exhibition – Thames Valley University
Wallop Artists Summer Exhibition
Paper has always fascinated me. Usually the support for artistic work, it has become my medium. I tear and cut, fold and burn, creating an endless variety of shapes.
Shadows cast by relief passages add mood to my work as the light moves and the shapes of the shadows and the intensity of light change. Adding found objects to a work adds contrast and allows the outside world to enter my work. My work can be described variously as assemblage, construction, collage, and pyrograph.
Inspiration often comes from the paper itself, its weight, texture and colour; something that just happened to the paper, a form a shape that I can build on. I find landscapes as interesting as cityscapes, in shape and mood. Words and phrases, thoughts and feelings are inspirational too, either on their own, tending to abstract works, or adding feeling and mood to figurative works.
Following a career in Computing, I took early retirement to study art graduating in 2008.
I work around an inspiration and hope it will be appreciated for what it is, an expression in form rather than words.
Exhibitions
Hilliers Arboretum
Sheep Shed Gallery Weyhill
Hampshire Open Studios, Stockbridge Town Hall (With Quartet) from 2016
The Lights, Andover
Rum’s Eg, Romsey
Ace Art Gallery, Andover.
Annual Exhibition – Amersham &Wycombe College
Installation on Chesil Beach
Annual Exhibition – Thames Valley University
Wallop Artists Summer Exhibition
