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Liz Rundorff Smith Art

American
Liz Rundorff Smith currently lives and works in Greenville, SC. She received a BA in Studio Art with a concentration in sculpture from the College of Wooster in Wooster, OH and an MFA in Painting from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Rundorff Smith studied abroad at The Marchutz School of Painting in Aix en Provence, France and the British Institute of Florence in Florence, Italy and was awarded a fellowship and residency at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections including the Marilyn Monroe Bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel and Sun City Showa Kien Koen, Tachikawa, Japan. Rundorff Smith is a member of the Painting Center Art File in New York. Her work has been featured in Southern Living and Create Magazine Issue 20. Recent exhibitions include the two-person show Counterbalance at Susan Eley Fine Art New York, NY, The Shape of Things at 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC and the 2021 Every Woman Biennial in London, UK.
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Artist: Liz Rundorff Smith
Reliquary (for Winnie) (abstract, bright colors, encaustic, vessel, layers)
Reliquary (for Winnie) (abstract, bright colors, encaustic, vessel, layers)

Reliquary (for Winnie) (abstract, bright colors, encaustic, vessel, layers)

By Liz Rundorff Smith

Located in New York, NY

mixed media on paper 13 x 9 inches unframed 23.25 x 19.25 inches framed Rundorff Smith deals with central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South Carolina, she associates cemeteries, particularly locations in the South, as spiritual spaces of veneration. Her paintings are reliquaries for memories. Urns are vessels to hold ashes while also acknowledging life—what we mourn and what we celebrate. In the exhibition at SEFA Hudson, Rundorff Smith presents the latest in her series entitled “Trophy.” These small scale encaustic paintings are hung in a grid that mirrors the geometric patterns within each piece. The artist works in layers by melting and combining pigmented wax to create a literal history on the materials’ surface, while simultaneously implying the personal story that each vessel is meant to hold. Rendered in colored wax from sky blue to bright pink to vibrant yellow—a rectangular pattern blankets many of the paintings. This patternation references the constructions of Rundorff Smith’s father, a builder. Thus, the “Trophy” paintings...

Category

2010s Contemporary Liz Rundorff Smith Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Trophy 15 (encaustic on panel, pattern, grid, pastel, forms, bright, texture)
Trophy 15 (encaustic on panel, pattern, grid, pastel, forms, bright, texture)

Trophy 15 (encaustic on panel, pattern, grid, pastel, forms, bright, texture)

By Liz Rundorff Smith

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media Encausticand Pastel Powder Rundorff Smith deals with central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current ...

Category

2010s Abstract Liz Rundorff Smith Art

Materials

Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic

Trophy 22 (encaustic on panel, pattern, grid, primary, forms, bright, texture)
Trophy 22 (encaustic on panel, pattern, grid, primary, forms, bright, texture)

Trophy 22 (encaustic on panel, pattern, grid, primary, forms, bright, texture)

By Liz Rundorff Smith

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media Encausticand Pastel Powder Rundorff Smith deals with central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current ...

Category

2010s Abstract Liz Rundorff Smith Art

Materials

Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic

Reliquary (for Gigi) (abstract, bright colors, layers, encaustic, vessel)
Reliquary (for Gigi) (abstract, bright colors, layers, encaustic, vessel)

Reliquary (for Gigi) (abstract, bright colors, layers, encaustic, vessel)

By Liz Rundorff Smith

Located in New York, NY

mixed media on paper 23.25 x 19.25 inches framed Rundorff Smith deals with central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South Carolina, she associates cemeteries, particularly locations in the South, as spiritual spaces of veneration. Her paintings are reliquaries for memories. Urns are vessels to hold ashes while also acknowledging life—what we mourn and what we celebrate. In the exhibition at SEFA Hudson, Rundorff Smith presents the latest in her series entitled “Trophy.” These small scale encaustic paintings are hung in a grid that mirrors the geometric patterns within each piece. The artist works in layers by melting and combining pigmented wax to create a literal history on the materials’ surface, while simultaneously implying the personal story that each vessel is meant to hold. Rendered in colored wax from sky blue to bright pink to vibrant yellow—a rectangular pattern blankets many of the paintings. This patternation references the constructions of Rundorff Smith’s father, a builder. Thus, the “Trophy” paintings...

Category

2010s Contemporary Liz Rundorff Smith Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Sleep Aid (abstract, bright colors, dark colors, layers)
Sleep Aid (abstract, bright colors, dark colors, layers)

Sleep Aid (abstract, bright colors, dark colors, layers)

By Liz Rundorff Smith

Located in New York, NY

acrylic on paper 23.25 x 19.25 inches framed Rundorff Smith deals with central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South Carolina, she associates cemeteries, particularly locations in the South, as spiritual spaces of veneration. Her paintings are reliquaries for memories. Urns are vessels to hold ashes while also acknowledging life—what we mourn and what we celebrate. In the exhibition at SEFA Hudson, Rundorff Smith presents the latest in her series entitled “Trophy.” These small scale encaustic paintings are hung in a grid that mirrors the geometric patterns within each piece. The artist works in layers by melting and combining pigmented wax to create a literal history on the materials’ surface, while simultaneously implying the personal story that each vessel is meant to hold. Rendered in colored wax from sky blue to bright pink to vibrant yellow—a rectangular pattern blankets many of the paintings. This patternation references the constructions of Rundorff Smith’s father, a builder. Thus, the “Trophy” paintings...

Category

2010s Contemporary Liz Rundorff Smith Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

For The Gods (abstract, bright colors, rainbow, layers, pattern)
For The Gods (abstract, bright colors, rainbow, layers, pattern)

For The Gods (abstract, bright colors, rainbow, layers, pattern)

By Liz Rundorff Smith

Located in New York, NY

gouache on paper 13 x 9 inches 23.25 x 19.25 inches framed Rundorff Smith deals with central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of vener...

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2010s Contemporary Liz Rundorff Smith Art

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Paper, Gouache

Major (abstract, bright colors, yellow, blue, layers)
Major (abstract, bright colors, yellow, blue, layers)

Major (abstract, bright colors, yellow, blue, layers)

By Liz Rundorff Smith

Located in New York, NY

Gouache on paper 13 x 9 inches unframed 23.25 x 19.25 inches framed Rundorff Smith deals with central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places...

Category

2010s Contemporary Liz Rundorff Smith Art

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Paper, Gouache

Femme, abstract gouache painting on paper, pink and purple, 10" x 9"
Femme, abstract gouache painting on paper, pink and purple, 10" x 9"

Femme, abstract gouache painting on paper, pink and purple, 10" x 9"

By Liz Rundorff Smith

Located in New York, NY

10 x 9 inches unframed 21.5 x 19.75 inches framed Liz Rundorff Smith renders visual forms that fluctuate between the stability of present-ness and the loss of clarity that is tied t...

Category

2010s Abstract Liz Rundorff Smith Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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