About Me

Based in San Diego, CA
I’m Elizabeth Lancaster, but you can call me Liz.

My work explores the emotional terrain of memory, place, and identity—often through expressive realism, intuitive color, and tactile mark-making. Whether painting figurative subjects, architectural forms, or landscapes - at the core of every piece is a desire to evoke feeling, atmosphere, and presence.

I blend classical oil techniques with contemporary approaches to texture, abstraction, and layering—creating compositions that are both grounded and emotionally resonant. Each painting is a conversation between surface and story.

With a background in creative direction and brand strategy, I approach art not only as personal expression, but as a form of visual storytelling—designed to connect. Whether I’m painting on canvas in-studio or in the public en plein air, my goal is to create work that feels meditative, dynamic, and alive in its engagement with the viewer.

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