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’ve always been drawn to creativity and art,” says Lizzie. “These interests pop up in everything I do and certainly did all throughout my childhood. I was drawing intricate circles and mandalas before I even knew what they were.” Lizzie attended Dio for her junior and intermediate schooling, leaving in 2008. She went on to do a Bachelor of Design and then gained a Master of Fine Arts from Victoria University of Wellington.
In just a few short years, contemporary visual artist Lizzie Snow’s captivating organic designs have earned her a large following and some exciting collaborative opportunities.
After travelling extensively, she settled in Tofino on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, where she lives with her partner. It’s a resort town of just 2000 inhabitants with beaches and ancient forests that Lizzie describes as a fusion of Raglan and Queenstown – and perfect inspiration for her art. “It’s a fascinating balance between small-town living with fabulous restaurants, beautiful resorts, interesting people and a unique culture,” Lizzie says. “I love living in Canada, but New Zealand will always be home and always have my heart.”
As above, so below Lizzie draws her artistic inspiration from fractals in nature – the ever-repeating patterns found in objects of all sizes throughout the universe, from the shapes of the human nervous system and branching trees to snowflakes,
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