Liz Hoag earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Cornell University in 1983 and her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Boston University in 1986. She then moved to Maine and started a screen-printing business. In 1997 she made a huge change and enrolled in law school at the University of Maine. After earning her JD, she practiced law for several years before realizing art was her true calling.
Liz is drawn to composition, light, and color in landscapes. She started focusing on trees a few years ago because they provide her with endless possibilities. They lend a strong linear element to a composition with extremes of light and dark and depth and an incredibly varied color palette. Something about the negative space that trees produce compels her and allows her to lead the viewer to a specific area of focus. She loves seeing THROUGH trees to the complexities of the composition and the negative spaces. The possible abstract paintings available in the spaces between branches are endless.
