Creative Briefs

Liz Hager

Artist

Creative Briefs is a collection of ideas and creative work that inspire me and inform my painting practice.

Jacob Lawrence: The Power of Pictorial Narrative

by lizhager | Sep 7, 2022 | Art History, Figurative Art, Painting, Realism

"I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of the United States can be written honestly without including the Negro. I didn't [paint] just as a historical thing, but because I believe...

Santos y Milagros: “Santa Bernadeta”

by lizhager | Aug 1, 2007 | Female Artists, Mixed Media

Santa Bernadeta is an imaginary saint, whose creation was inspired by the magical blend of indigenous, religious, and colonial Spanish influences that uniquely defines Latin and South American culture. I invented Santa Bernadeta through my own photographs of the rich...

Botanica

by lizhager | Mar 13, 2007 | Collage & Photomontage, Liz Hager Paints

Botanica celebrates the diversity and ingenuity of plants, as displayed in their circulatory, tissue, and reproductive systems. Trained as a painter, I find I am always drawn to the color, texture and form in my subjects. Thus, for the images in the Botanica series, I...