About the Artist

Biography

Liz Griesser paints in oils in a traditional manner. Many of her paintings have animals as her subjects. As she says, “Animals paint themselves, I just hold the brush as they come to life.” Her paintings of animals have captured the heart of many collectors. Liz has also been enjoying landscape painting as a plein air painter in competitions in recent years. Currently Liz has been fascinated by museum interiors, particularly the stairwells. She has begun a series of paintings inspired by her own photographs of them. Liz Griesser is a member artist Oil Painters of America, Delaware Valley Art League, Artist Equity of Philadelphia, PAAG, Wayne Art Center, and has been creating oil paintings for over 10 years. She received an arts degree at Hussian School of Art and has run her own graphics company since graduation. Returning to her passion for painting years ago, she studied with the Yellow Springs classes under David Knoecklin. Over the past few years, she has been in the Chester County Studio Tour, the Montgomery County Studio Tour, Brandywine Valley Plein Air, West Reading Plein Air, Philadelphia Sketch Club Between Two Rivers Plein Air, along with many juried competitions internationally and in the tri-state area. 

 

With her paintings, she hopes to give others a view into her world. 

 

Her works are in numerous  private collections throughout the Northeast regions of the United States.

 

Artist Statement

Using the familiar landscapes, animals, and surrounding life, I create an earthy and emotive interpretation of my world. Oil paint is my main love. The visceral texture and colors make what I am trying to convey so much easier. I like to say that animals paint themselves, I just hold the brush as they come to life. Their emotion is there on the surface and their story is all in their eyes. Plein air landscape painting has both a challenge and the best teacher ever. Competing in plein air events in the past few years has taught me so much about patience, values, color mixing, and capturing the moment. And how to keep your paint from freezing in 23°. Foreign travel over the past few years has given me a new appreciation of the incredible beauty of this area.

 

Resume:

Hussian School of Art, graduated 1986

Classes: Drawing 4 years; Painting 4 years; Perspective, Illustration, Graphic Design 4 years, Typography

 

Studied with David Knoecklin 2007-2011

 

Membership:

Adirondack Art Association

Oil Painters of America

Pottstown Area Artists Guild

Delaware Valley Artists Guild

Wayne Art Center

Artist Equity

Chester County Art Association

Berk County Art Alliance

Davinci Art Alliance

 

Shows

 

Invited:

Flying Colors Annual Show 2010 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016

Steel City, Solo Show, November 2018

Exton Library, Exton, PA Solo Show, November 2018, December 2019, December 2024

Exton Library, Exton, PA The Three Amigas Show, March 2019, 

John James Audubon at Mill Grove, Solo Show February-May 2019

Frederick Living Community Gallery, May-June 2018

Henrietta Hankin Library, Glenmoore, PA 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025

Chester County Art Association Store

Malvern Library, Malvern, PA Solo Show April-August 2019

Connective Festival, Oxford PA August 2019

YArt Holiday Minis, Baltimore, MD December 2019-January 2019

Creative Light Factory, Spring City, PA, Solo Show, November-January 2019

 

Juried:

Bryn Mawr Rehab, Annual Art Ability show, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

Haverford Craftsmen Guild, Agnes Irwin Show, 2017

Haverford Craftsmen Guild, Leister Show, 2018

John James Audubon at Mill Grove, Drawn to Nature, 2017

John James Audubon at Mill Grove, Drawn to Nature, 2018

Tower Hill Show, Wilmington DE, November 2018-January 2019

Delaware Valley Art League Show, St. David’s Episcopal Church, Wayne, PA March 2019

Philadelphia Sketch Club, Art of the Flower Show, Philadelphia, PA 2018

Philadelphia Sketch Club, Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia, PA 2018

Schuylkill River Greenways Annual Art Show, Scenes of Schuylkill, Pottstown, PA 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024

Pottstown Area Artist Guild, “Art on the Hill”, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

New Hope Art League Art Show, 2018

25 Days of Minis, December 2018

Chester County Studio Tour, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024

Montgomery County Studio Tour, 2018, 2019

Paragon Gallery, Pottstown PA, Grand Opening Show 2018  

Artist Equity, “Connections” Show, Cheltenham, PA 2018

St. Francis in the Fields, Annual Art Show, Malvern, PA 2018, 2019

Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA October 2018

Twin Valley Tri-County Friends of the Arts Show, Douglasville, PA 2019

 

Plein Air/Juried:

John James Audubon at Mill Grove, Norristown, PA Plein Air Event, 2015

Brandywine Valley Plein Air Competition, PA 2017, 2022, 2023

Rehoboth Coastal Paint Out, Rehoboth, DE October 2018

Philadelphia Sketch Club, Urban Plein Air “Between Two Rivers” Philadelphia, PA July-August 2018

West Reading Plein Air Competition, West Reading, PA 2018, 2019

Chadds Ford Paint Out, Chadds Ford, PA 2019

Farm to Table Plein Air Competition, Chester County, PA 2018, 2019, 2020

Paint Cecil County Plein Air Competition, Cecil County, MD 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Highlandtown Gallery, Baltimore, MD "Nocturnes, Plein Air" April-August 2019

Allenmaengel Plein Air Challenge, Albany, PA 2024

The Art of Berks History Exhibit, Sept-Nov 2024

 

Other Shows:

Muse Boutique Gallery, Glenmoore, PA

Adirondack Art Association, Essex, NY

 

Permanent Installations:

Paoli Medical Cancer Center

Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Schneider Regional Medical Center

 

Awards:

Bryn Mawr Rehab 25th Annual Art Ability, November 2020, Special Theme: Celebration - Third Prize for Isla Mujeres 2

BoldBrush Painting, September 2018 FAV 15% ("Maxi")

Farm Hand Award, October 2024 Allenmaengel Plein Air Challenge