elizabeth lennie

ELIZABETH LENNIE ANSWERS OUR TOP FIVE:

what is your name and what medium(s) do you work in?
Elizabeth Lennie. I work with oil on canvas

what question do you wish would be asked in an interview and how would you answer it?
Would you like a latte? Yes please no sugar.

why art?
Why not. It’s the only meaningful expression of who we are as a species. And I always wanted to be a painter when I grew up.

who or what inspires you?
Keith Jarrett, Nick Drake, Ernest Hemingway’s character Thomas Hudson from his book ‘Islands in the Stream’, spicy olives, Shiraz, the smell of Spring, water, all artists (I am indiscriminate, I have great respect for the act of creation from the great painters all the way through to contemporary installation/sound/video/photographic,3 dimensional work. The imagination reveals itself in mysterious ways)

any wisdom you'd like to share about living as an artist?
Live your passion every day. Don’t do it unless you are driven. Work at your practice even if you are not inspired. Inspiration comes from many sources but is not realised without discipline. Success is preparedness meeting opportunity and fearless abandon to the moment. Never settle.

Liquid landscapes full of sparkling light, whimsy, and joyful play are reminiscent of carefree days spent in the pristine waters of Temagami in northern Ontario. By isolating and extracting colors in a signature soft-focus style, a utopian childhood is remembered, creating the memory myth of summer here on earth.

Source: republished with permission
elizabeth lennie