Liz Beard is best known for her work done from life and draws inspiration from the poetry of human experience. Large scale figure narrative paintings as well as simple but sensitive still-lives invite the viewer into parables, quiet moments, and often encourage vulnerability and reflection. Liz exhibits with Williams Fine Art Dealers, Principal Gallery, Eleventh Street Arts, and Still Point gallery. Her education includes a BFA from Miami University of Ohio, a classical training at Ingbretson Studio, Academy of Realist Art Boston, and Grand Central Atelier. Her education included working exclusively from life and this practice remains at the center of her art making process. Awards and Honors include three years Fellow at the Hudson River School Fellowship where Liz practices landscape; Copyist at the National Gallery and Metropolitan Museum of Art; Curator and Artist for CS Lewis Institute Art Collection in Youngstown, OH; Awarded the CFW Artist-in-Residency. Liz teaches workshops at Grand Central Atelier in NY, and soon in Manchester Studio in VA. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio and currently lives in Queens, New York.