These original works on paper have developed over time, as a response to solitary ventures claimed from a wild and mountainous region of eastern Spain.
They represent a distillation of sensory experiences while walking through mountain pass and riverbed - gestural marks that hold the rhythm and colour of an encounter.
Joan Hecktermann
Portrait by Marcus Iglauer
Recent shows:
COLOUR AS PLACE
JM Gallery - November 2025
London
Drawing Paper Show
Bridwell Studios - July 2025
Liverpool
100/50 Unit 1
London
Artist Bio: lizzie@lizziethurman.com
LIZZIE THURMAN
OUTLINE:
Born in the UK, Lizzie Thurman is a visual artist working from a studio in Matarraña.
She graduated in Textile/Print from Central School of Art and Design (CSM), followed by a career as an artist, creative director, designer and teacher.
As a creative, drawing and painting have been life-long facilitators and an essential element of who she is and how she feels able to communicate.
Thurman has exhibited internationally and shown regularly since 2008.
Her work can be found in private collections around the world.
STATEMENT:
Lizzie Thurman is a visual artist, addressing common human enquiry through physical and sensory experiences.
Her recent work is an evolving retort to the solitary ventures she undertakes within the exposed rock forms and animal pathways of the Matarraña region of eastern Spain.
From a terraced roof-top she works on paper, revealing abstracted connections with her immediate landscape. Collected rock fragments inform her palette while atmospheric hues produce a luminosity of sensibilities - tensions within her work that develop through processes.
These powerful frameworks are intended to acknowledge the potency of geograhical form while allowing an essential void for contemplation and diverse, personal interpretations.