Lizi Beard-Ward
Baton Rouge, LA - United States
Lizi Beard-Ward - Fine Artist
Member Since: 02/02/2012
Life long artist and Memphian where my heart will always be ..moved to Baton Rouge, LA. 2010 where I am enjoying the rhythms. creatures and colors of my new state. I am finding endless inspiration for my photography and adding hundreds of digitally enhanced images to my galleries. Paintings will be soon to follow.
I have worn many artistic hats in my life...ranging from set design; medical Illustration; mural painting in addition to working in many mediums and selling art for 40 years. I have taught; managed art stores; participated in many galleries and co-ops; and have been booth chair for a major street festival In Memphis TN with 400 art booths for 20+ years . I have had the good fortune to try many mediums..meet thousands of people..and make friends with so many whose creativity, energy and good spirit have inspired me over and over to make better art
Mediums include:digital imagery; oil; acrylic; water color; ink; dimensional works including clay, wood and fabric.
I do commercial and gallery art; custom paintings; illustration, graphics; digital photography; murals; dimensional work. Have had work at Memphis Brooks~ Memphis Pink Palace Museum~Delta blues Museum~ The US Congress~TN~MS~FL~NY~DC~LA. Works are currently on display at the LSU Art Museum Gift Shop and Mosaic Garden in Baton Rouge and The Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale MS.
Major projects include faux finishing, murals and custom painting large paddlewheelers; and Tigers Around Town Project for the University of Memphis. I have been published in the Commercial Appeal; Memphis Business Journal; Memphis Magazine;Memphis Lamplighter; featured interviews on several Memphis news programs; featured in Rose and Thorn Online Literary Journal Art Gallery ; Memphis Walking Tours; and most recently chosen for The Lascaux Review.
websites and Publication:
http://karenselliott.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/international-earth-week-by-lizi-beard-ward/#comment-4848
www.roseandthornjournal.com/Art_Gallery.html
www.jimmyogle.com
www.lascauxreview.com/
www.portlandmonthly.com Feb/Mar 2013
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-of-Lizi-Beard-Ward/243227133673
All of my work is copyrighted. I am a painter and will use my images as fodder for canvas so please do not copy them. Thanks for looking!
