Artist Information:
Liza Dey
New York, NY
United States
Member Since: Mar 2005
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Artist Statement:
The child of two recreational
painters, I grew up around art
supplies, and my favorite
rainy day activity when little
was poring over all the
pictures in my parents’ art
books. Early on I tried my own
hand at drawing and painting
with their watercolors.
Unfortunately, I soon realized
that I had inherited
absolutely none of their
technical ability to make
anything look like I wanted it
to. It was around this time
that I discovered my father’s
collection of AUDUBON and
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazines,
and they soon joined the art
books as a favorite past-time.
It wasn’t long before I was
asking to borrow my parent’s
old brownie-style camera to
try taking my own photos, and
once I had gotten my own 110
Instamatic camera for my 10th
birthday, I was on my way.
Soon I found myself trying to
capture moments that spoke to
me in some special way,
whether that be a horse and
carriage parked along Central
Park South, the sunset over my
cousins’ corn field or the
eerie look of the ‘haunted’
old schoolhouse across the
street from my grandfather’s
house. I realize now that I
wanted to preserve ...
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Liza Dey's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Liza Dey's Portfolio. Browse Dey's body of work: The child of two recreational painters, I grew up around art supplies, and my favorite rainy day activity when little was poring over all the pictures in my parents’ art books. Early on I tried my own hand at drawing and painting with their watercolors. Unfortunately, I soon realized that I had inherited absolutely none of their technical ability to make anything look like I wanted it to. It was around this time that I discovered my father’s collection of AUDUBON and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazines, and they soon joined the art books as a favorite past-time. It wasn’... |
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