These original works on paper have evolved over time and in response to solitary ventures taken in the Matarranya region of eastern Spain.
Thurman's compositions are informed by rock constructs while directed by the rhythms of a mountain pathway and movements of a riverbed.
They represent reflections of an encounter.
Born in the UK, Lizzie Thurman is a visual artist, now 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.
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 - July 2025
London
Artist Bio and details of availability and pricing: lizzie@lizziethurman.com
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, presenting an engagement with her immediate landscape.
Her studies reveal concerns of tension - questionable balance, the precariousness of strength and obvious fragilities.
Collected rock fragments inform her structures; from original drawings through to experimental development and a series of compositions. Her palette of mirrored pigments has been pulled directly from her environment and used to describe an emotional status at a particular time of practice.
These isolated contructs acknowledge the potency of form while allowing an essential void for contemplation and diverse interpretation.