Primary Medium: Paint


Elizabeth Livingston

Email: liz_livingston (at) hotmail (dot) com

Website: http://www.elizabethlivingston.com

Artist Statement
I paint suburban night scenes in an effort to express my ideas about human isolation in American suburbs -- that we are most vulnerable when we feel most protected. When painting figures, they are nestled under a thick quilt, bundled in a warm coat, or taking a night swim in a lit outdoor pool; their world appears immune to tragedies of war, terrorism, disease, or natural disaster. By having such comforts, my figures, in turn, have everything to lose.
In this body of work, I have replaced the lone female figure with a portrait of a single home, also pictured at night - a metaphor for the modern American family. The titles hint at the imperfections that lie inside a picture perfect exterior.