Liz Parker is a self taught painter and sculptor working in Battle Creek, Michigan. Liz specializes in traditional media, primarily oil paints and hand carved wood. Her aesthetic focuses on the figurative and classicist genres with influences of gestural abstraction and symbolist movements.
Artist’s Statement
“I seek to develop an aesthetic using contemporary language grounded in the classical traditions. The styling of figures, paint application and narrative are important to me. I’m always experimenting with new ways to create, from conception and the gathering of information to the application of media. In regard to substance, although my works are largely esoteric I envision them with a greater purpose. I want to share the truths I’ve found and hopefully make an impact on individual lives. The meanings or stories of my art come from real places, things I’ve experienced, though things are not usually taken literally. This can be a rather ambiguous mode of communication as the real and the symbolic intermingle, and because my primary area of interest is a spiritual one with the unique challenge of representing the unseen with in limited visual devices.” -Liz Parker
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Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts West Michigan Area Show, 2025 “Arapaho Woman” and “Indian Madden with Dandelions” were included. “Arapaho Woman” won Third place.
Battle Creek’s Fantasy Forest Dates: October 5-7 2023 Venue: Leila Arboretum, 928 Michigan Ave W, Battle Creek, MI 49037
Sculpture booth, Marshall Garden Tour 2018 h
Battle Creek’s Fantasy Forest
Dates: June 16-18, 2016
Venue: Leila Arboretum, 928 Michigan Ave W, Battle Creek, MI 49037
Spring into the Arts 2016
Venue: Griffin bar and grill
East End Studio and Gallery
143 West Michigan Avenue Marshall MI, 49068 269-789-2379
Battle Creek Fantasy Forest Art Competiton Dates: June 13, 2015 – June 20, 2015
Venue: Leila Arboretum, 928 Michigan Ave W, Battle Creek, MI 49037
Fall into the Arts
Dates: Oct. 17, 2014 – Oct. 17, 2014
Venue: Generations Financial Planning and Wealth Management, Commerce Pointe 77 E Michigan Ave, Suite 140 Battle Creek, MI 49017 Art walk, Friday 5-9pm October 17, 2014
Downtown Battle Creek
Annual Area Competition, 2002, 2003
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI.
Michigan Artist Competition, 2000, 2001, 2002
Art Center of Battle Creek
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