About the Artist

One of the things I most enjoy about creating is not being able to predict an outcome.  My landscapes sometimes begin with a preconceived idea of what the end result “should” look like but I become the observer as the painting unfolds into its own interpretation. Other times, my abstracts unveil themselves unannounced. As an intuitive painter, I allow color, texture, line, shape, pattern, and scale to dictate their own direction.  Living in the Pacific Northwest, I derive inspiration from the surrounding landscapes and the lighting unique to this area.  Almost always, nature is my resource for color palettes.

 

Painting with acrylics allows me the ability to layer paint and change direction as the painting progresses.  The magic that happens when color blends on paper, canvas, or board excites me and leads me from painting to painting.  

 

Bio

 

Liz Thoresen was born in San Francisco, California, pursued her artistic passion from an early age and became an Art teacher in 1973.  Her interest at the time was Ceramics and she moved to Australia where she taught High School art and Ceramics at Caulfield Institute of Technology in Melbourne. After returning to the United States in 1980, she and her husband owned and operated a veterinary clinic for 26 years.  She has since retired and has been able to pursue her love of painting full time.   She has participated in many local and national group and solo shows. Her art has been published in two books and on the cover of the international magazine, the Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association.  She is a member of the International Society of Experimental Artists.

Liz is represented by The RiverSea Gallery in Astoria, Oregon.

Publications:  

Her painting "The Ride of Your Life" was included in  Lesley Riley's books "Inspirational Quotes Illustrated" and "Quotes Illustrated" and her painting "Gizzy" was on the cover of the February 2015 issue of the Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association.  

 

Her painting, "Whispers in the Grove", was selected by the US State Department for the American Embassy in Brunei and was chosen for the cover of the catalog.    

 

https://art.state.gov/bandar-seri-begawan-publication-2020/

 

CV - Juried Shows

 

2026- Call of the Wild:  SFVACC

 

2026- TreeII:  Breath of Humanity Verum Art Gallery

 

2026- Spectrum - 2026, Exhibizone

 

2026- Hummingbird and Dragonfly Art Gallery - Landscapes

 

2026- Exhibizone SPRING 2026

 

2025- Lumen, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon

 

2025- Equilibrium solo show

 

2023- Pickett Law

 

2023-  Equilibrium solo show

 

2023- Elizabeth Lofts solo show

 

2022 - November - Women in Art, The Geezer Gallery, Portland, OR

 

2022- September- "Plantarium" 

 

2022- September - Beaverton Arts Mix, Beaverton, OR

 

2022- September- Las Laguna, Laguna Beach CA, "Textures, Shapes, Patterns, or Forms"

 

2022- June- "Flowers for Peace and Prosperity", Red Bluff, CA

 

 2022 - June- "Strata" - Verum Ultimum, Portland, OR

 

2022- May - San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Encino, CA. "Call of the Wild"

 

2021-December - January December Gallery Showcase,  Robin Becic Gallery, Portland, OR

 

2021- December - January Art and Wine Soiree, Studio 306, Newberg, Oregon

 

2021- October, November - Verum Ultimum, Portland, OR 8th Annual Abstract Show

 

2021- September - Jone's Gallery, September Group Show, Kansas City, MO

 

2021 - July - Verum Ultimum - Portland, OR Liminal

 

2021- Summer Florals, Montgomery Park, Portland, OR

 

2021 - June - Art in the Cave, Vancouver WA.  Ancestral Echoes

 

2021 - May - The Ford Art Gallery, Portland OR.

 

2021 - February - May 31 - "Illuminating with Color"  Montgomery Park Main Lobby, Portland, OR

 

2021- January 11- February 19, 2021 - Bridgeport Art Center.  Viral Collaboration

 

2020- September 4 - September 30, solo show at the Village Frame and Gallery, Multnomah Village.

 

2020 - January-February  Beaverton City Hall Solo show

 

2019 -  Basic Space Gallery and the Geezer Gallery, Artist Repertory Theatre

 

2018 - Monthly Group Shows at Basic Space Gallery

            October -  Featured Artist Show at Basic Space Gallery

 

2017 - December- January Basic Space Gallery

           November- Reflections 11th Annual Siren Nation Portland Performing Art Center

           October - Beaverton Arts Mix, Beaverton, OR

           July - Tualatin Arts Splash, Tualatin, OR

           January - February - Beaverton City Hall, Beaverton, OR

 

2016 -  October 2016 - January 29, 2017 Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Solomons, MD

            October - Beaverton Arts Mix, Beaverton OR

            July - Tualatin Arts Splash, Tualatin, OR

            July - August - St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, OR solo show

 

2015  -  November - December - Beaverton City Library, solo show

             October - Beaverton Arts Mix, Beaverton, OR

             July - Elizabeth Lofts, Pearl District, Portland, OR

             June - Portland Rose Festival, Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR

             March - Oregon Society of Artists Spring Show

 

2014 -  June - Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR

            June - Portland Rose Festival, Oregon Society of the Arts, Portland, OR

            May - Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR