Oil Painting

Liz Fitzgerald

Liz Fitzgerald is a contemporary artist based on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Her artworks are inspired by the landscape and the beauty of everyday life.

Artist Profile

Liz Fitzgerald is a contemporary artist based on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Her artworks are inspired by the landscape and the beauty of everyday life.

Liz Fitzgerald is a contemporary artist based on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Her artworks are inspired by the landscape, particularly coastal environments, and the beauty of everyday life. With a background in graphic design and arts education, she moved to a full time studio practice in 2020. Liz’s artworks are typified by loose gestural brushwork, suggestion and simplicity; she aims to represent her subject as if caught in a fleeting moment in time, capturing its idea or essence.

While waiting primarily in acrylics, Liz moves between these and oils, enjoying the contrast of technique, process and outcome the different mediums present. Likewise her works in landscape are interspersed with forays into abstraction and still life.

She has been a finalist in the Lethbridge 20000, the Mornington Peninsula Contemporary Art Prize, the Cornerstone Gallery ‘Inside this box’ show and Omnia Art Prize, .

Liz has held several solo and group shows and her work is held in private collections in Australia, New Zealand and the US.

Artist Interview

What medium do you work with, and why have you chosen them?

I enjoy acrylics for the immediacy of drying times and the ability to quickly layer colour; but I'm increasingly using oils in my paintings – I love their buttery richness!

How does your artwork get from initial concept to exhibition stage?

I'll often visualise a composition when I'm out walking or just generally observing a space. I take a lot of photos and do small studies on paper, exploring ideas. These become larger works if I think the composition can translate well.

Can you tell us a little more about your creative working environment/studio?

I have a studio in a shared space with three other female artists. Being part of a co-working environment allows for shared ideas, feedback and great conversation!