Elizabeth Hazard
Ideal Self Portrait,
Acrylic and glitter on wooden panel, 60" x 60,” 2019.
I consider my work all a part of an exploration into an idea I have always struggled with: What makes a painting meaningful. Through years of frustration in attempts to make profound and meaningful work, I found that I am far more interested in what makes art un-meaningful. I became inspired by the visual abundance of cheap glitz and glam and its tasteless and shallow perception that follows. What further intrigues me is what happens when I added these kitschy materials to the "meaningful" art I am captivated by. This being people and figures. What I have found when I mend the two together is a strong passion for iconography. Inspired by art nouveau, religious renaissance paintings, and decorative art, I find myself pursuing a body a work surrounding regal iconographic feminine figures embellished with cheap glitter, gems, and other gaudy materials.
Elizabeth Hazard is a first semester senior at the Tyler School of Art, pursuing a major in painting with entrepreneurial studies. She is primarily focused in oil painting, but also has been passionate about drawing since adolescence. In addition, she is involved in crafting. Most recently, Elizabeth has been working on digital art commissions.