L I Z   D O N L E Y

Liz is a painter, drawer, gardener, bushwalker, photographer, and art educator.

She has a drafting and architectural design background, which is evident in the detail she captures as she layers each painting or drawing composition. Liz has a strong spiritual connection to nature and the Australian bushland and invites the viewer to look closer at nature and contemplate its fragility. She has a deep concern for the land and expresses this through her paintings and environmental activism. Often, there is personal symbolic meaning in her choice of subject alluding to her Life’s path: Bushfire=regeneration, Red flowers and berries= lost loved one, Feathers=messages, Shells=vanishing childhood.

She extends her craft from en plein aire sketches, pencil and ink drawings and macro photographs, into acrylic or oil paintings, and lino prints.

Liz devotes her time to environmental issues, bush care volunteering, and also to bringing art appreciation to the community through her volunteer art guiding at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre in southern Sydney.

Liz is an award-winning artist who has exhibited in Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, in numerous group exhibitions, and has held a solo exhibition.

She is a member of Continuum Art Society, Oatley 101 Society of Artists, Southern Cross Art Group, Combined Arts Societies of Sydney, Friends of Hazelhurst, Royal Bushies Royal National Park, and a volunteer art guide with Sutherland Shire Council’s Hazelhurst Regional Gallery.

Contact:    liz.arti.smarti@gmail.com