ABOUT LIZ
-About the Artist-
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Liz Lane is a nationally known painter and works in her studio in Birmingham, Alabama. Lane graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in fashion design. After a stint in NYC, Lane moved back to Alabama, realizing her need to be surrounded by nature, which is an unending source of inspiration in her art. When Lane isn't in the studio, she's often with her husband, Chase, and two kids exploring their city and the world.
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Because Lane recognizes the omnipresent and life giving role nature plays in her life, she works towards environmental justice in her community. She also participates in many grass roots activist organizations that promote human rights and uses her art practice for social justice. "I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lorde.
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-About the Art-
Lane explores the energy behind nature, humanity and movement in her abstracts. She pushes back against traditional linear narrative, and believes meaningful stories are often found without traditional order.
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Lane uses abstraction on canvas as her primary language. She was diagnosed with dyslexia at seven. Although dyslexia has many challenges, Lane believes it can provide a visual sixth sense and aids in her ability to understand abstract concepts and pattern recognition.
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She also uses empathy between human relationships as a driver for many of her abstracts, and sometimes the abstraction becomes figurative.
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She starts each piece with conflict and aims to resolve questions throughout each work.
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