The Watermill Gallery, Aberfeldy has held its first solo exhibition of 2009 "Albert & Solange"- A Romance by artist Liz Murray from 21st March – 27th April 2009. Liz Murray was born on September 23, 1980. She is an American inspirational speaker who is known as having been homeless in her youth, and has overcome her sufferings to achieve success.
Liz Murray is a graduate in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee. She is a professional member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW) and Scottish Society of Artists.
The romance between a Botanist and a Dressmaker, Albert and Solange is the exhibition all about. This pictures about them meeting in the Rue Mouffetarde in 1920’s Paris.
Murray builds up paintings that are two and three-dimensional using the mixed ephemera, drawn and painted images, found objects, layered papers and text. She uses old letters and stamps as well to give the idea that these characters were real, giving them a time and a place in history.
Liz Murray has drawn attention towards her art by pushing the boundaries of mixed media. She had her inspiration from the way the American artists Robert Rauschenberg and Ed Keinholz who also used different materials to build up images.
Murray has achieved this success in her art work by collecting old letters, stamps and documents from street markets, and visiting ironmongers for twine and searching out found objects from around the World.
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