Creative Edge - Liz Jardine Brilliant Hues

Liz Jardine grew up in New York City, which is, as she says, “The best possible place on the planet for a budding young artist”. Her mother was a docent at an art museum, and kept her enrolled in a steady stream of “every manner of art class.” Her earliest art memory was being instructed to blur her eyes in front of a John Singer Sargent canvas so that she could begin to see and the composition more clearly. She also remembers being amazed by the restored Pompeiian room at the Natural History Museum in New York City.

As an undergraduate student at the State University of New York in Buffalo, Liz concentrated on textile design and clay forms. There, she developed an interest in incorporating fibers into porcelain wall pieces. The resulting series was displayed in an exceptional solo exhibition granted her before graduation by the University.

Upon graduation, Jardine began apprenticeship at various textile and design studios in the New York City area. Many of her raw silk garment designs were sold through Horton Studio at several designer boutiques including Henri Bendel.

In a conscientious effort to return to more traditional media, Jardine began an apprenticeship with a graphic design studio and developed skills in advertising art and production techniques. Eventually, she began working freelance and built a strong reputation as a skilled concept illustrator and art director. This work paved her return to watercolors in various genre as florals, landscapes, still life and abstracts. Today, Jardine flourishes in varied media but especially favors acrylics for their texturing and form-building abilities.

Liz’s deep love and appreciation for nature inspire her creativity and inform her artwork. Nature’s beauty and infinite color palettes are an endless source of inspiration and ideas for her work.. She paints from the heart, and she believes her collectors can feel her love of the pigments and the composition; and the enthusiasm and passion that illuminates her works. Says Liz, “When people meet me, they say that they knew I’d be a happy person from the way they experience my work—and I am!”