About Liz Kerem

Painter and draughtswoman — an artist for as long as she can remember, with a practice rooted in patience, material honesty, and a lifelong conversation with images.

A thread through life

Liz did not “become” an artist in a single year or school. From childhood she drew, copied what she saw in museums, filled notebooks, and learned to trust the slow accumulation of marks. Art was never framed as a career move first — it was simply how she paid attention. That early seriousness never left; it deepened into a full-time studio life in which painting, looking, and revisiting old problems are the same habit.

Along the way she has studied, exhibited, and traded ideas with other makers, but the centre of gravity has always been the table and the wall: a private negotiation between intention and accident, until a picture earns the right to leave the studio.

What she paints

Her work moves between landscape, interior, and abstracted structure — always with an eye for light that falls unevenly and for surfaces that carry history. Oil on linen, mixed media on paper, and occasional series that revisit one motif until it is exhausted are typical of her rhythm. She is less interested in novelty per image than in depth within a narrow range of questions.

Editions & collecting

Originals are released individually, with documentation suited to serious collecting. Limited editions appear only when a work gains a faithful second life in print, produced to archival standards. Liz treats every sale — whether on canvas or on paper — as an extension of the same ethic: clarity, care, and respect for the person who will live with the piece.

Press kits, commissions, and studio visits may be arranged by appointment. Please begin with the contact page.