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Liz Shea is a contemporary graphic artist with a primary discipline in printmaking. Born in New England, she received her Bachelors of Arts at Keene State College with a focus in printmaking before moving to the seacoast of Maine where Liz worked as a resident artist and gallery assistant at Don Gorvett Gallery in Portsmouth NH. There she explored human expression in reduction woodcuts with Master Printer, Don Gorvett. Since, Liz Shea has grown her family and most recently started studying intaglio drypoints with Master Printer Robert Townsend “Whether printing relief or intaglio, the process becomes very much like exercise. To mentally and physically carve out 20 minutes of time can help myself become creative in all areas of life, especially as a mother to young children.” As a recent juried member of SAGA “Society of American Graphic Artists” in NYC you can find Liz printing at The Art Center in Dover, NH. She’s found all forms of expression within the elements of nature as Liz’s drypoints intend to invoke personalities in each of her subjects. “When all else fails, add dirt and water.” was the advice that stuck while pregnant with my first child. It has always held true. You can often find us outside, exploring oceans, rivers, and trails along the seacoast. It truly amazes me how much calmer and curious my children become. Their imaginations explore different realms and universes when completely immersed in nature. It’s hard not to notice how organic the natural world feels against our very strict geometric way of living. So beautifully resilient and triumphant in an ever changing landscape. It would be dishonest to say I understood how our species has adapted and evolved from ancestor’s we wouldn’t recognize; yet our fragile existence is plagued with ambivalence and uncertainty. Still, our one true constant is nature. The ocean will still crash against the sand, the sun will rise in the east, and new life will continue to grow through the soil. If we look closely enough to truly learn our coexisting subjects, we might find more personality in the very ancestral objects we claim useless.