painters work on paper
Artist Statement
Liz Prescott
An award-winning Maine artist, Liz Prescott, is a graduate of University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (BA), Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine (BFA) and Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont (MFA). Prescott's work has been exhibited widely throughout New England.
This body of work is inspired by the birth of my daughter. The medium is acrylic and the pieces are very small and intimate, much like Sadie. Intended as a playful tribute as I anticipated her arrival, they are carefully executed, both a visual testimony to the intense love and thought required to raise a child and a manifestation of my ongoing investigations of color, geometry, and mapmaking.
The rock cairns have metaphors attached to them and many stories have been shared with me as I painted the stacks of rocks collected in my studio. I am particularly drawn to the "circle stones," those that have lines of quartz running through them. These are said to be lucky, leading the journeyer full circle on a path to completion.