24 | ARTIST PROFILES | LIZ LLOYD
LIZ Lloyd
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ividing her time between Wales and Catalonia, Liz Lloyd is inspired by the contrasts of colour found in the two locations, using the natural world as a starting point to create soft yet expressive landscapes and abstracts. Lloyd’s landscapes are enriched by her fascination with light and its varying intensities at different times of day and year. Using abstract sketches of light and colour to create the structure of a work, she translates them both literally and figuratively to evoke an emotional response through form and colour.
Aiguablava, 2014, oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm
For recent pieces Lloyd has used her background in woven art to experiment with creating textured underpaintings to highlight the nature of shadow, combining this with light brushwork to achieve delicate blending. Using deep-edge canvases, Lloyd wraps her paintings across all surfaces of the canvas, creating an immersive, sculptural feeling to her work. lizlloydart.co.uk eja.lloyd@btinternet.com