These works on paper have evolved through physical and sensory experiences while walking in the Matarranya region of eastern Spain.
They represent a distillation of movement through mountain pass, exposed rock-form, forest and riverbed - gestural marks that hold the rhythm and colours of an encounter.
Joan Hecktermann
Portrait by Marcus Iglauer
Recent shows:
COLOUR AS PLACE
JM Gallery
London
Drawing Paper Show
Liverpool
100/50 Unit 1
London
For an Artist Bio and Pricing, please contact 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 Spain.
From a terraced roof-top she works on paper, creating shrine-like drawings that reveal natural connections with the landscape.
Impulsive gestures are sandwiched and layered with colour, abstracting form while describing the rhythm of encounters. Rock fragments and reference notebooks inform her palette, directing earth tones and atmospheric hues to produce luminous tensions and sensibilities.
These are frameworks that acknowledge the potency of structure while allowing an essential void for diverse interpretation.