Archive

Liz Hager—Vanity/Longing (Narcissus) ©2015

Myths & Legends

Mastering the genre of narrative, or history, painting was once considered the culmination of an academic painter’s training.  Paintings that portrayed a moment in myth, allegory, religion or history convey much about the beliefs that bound people together at a given time.  Many of those narratives are still relevant.  

Selected Paintings & Drawings 2010-2019

Representational and abstract paintings and drawings.

True Nature

True Nature is a collection of nine folios printed on copper sheeting, each measuring 8 x 12.”  The sheets have been folded vertically and stitched down the fold with copper wire, emulating pages removed from a “found” book. Emulating the practice of elevating ordinary objects to art status, each folio is flat mounted separately in its own frame.

Harry Potter & The Fires of Ignorance

Harry Potter & The Fires of Ignorance, a small installation piece conceived for the exhibit, was inspired by the fourth Harry Potter book—Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire. The work is a response to the perennial banning 0f books and plays with the multiple meanings of “recovered”

Botanica

Botanica celebrates the diversity and ingenuity of plants, as displayed in their circulatory, tissue, and reproductive systems. Artist’s photographs rendered and printed on metal substrates.