ElizabethA Fox

Artistic background

I love those high places, and when I'm not there I like to paint them. I often paint in the field too, when staying in a new place.
What I am trying to capture in the work is the presence of those things that are not quite there, like pools of water and rivers flowing, ice melting, clouds passing, birds flocking in flight, or the wind blowing. How to record these passing states? This is my question as I work

My work has been selected for the Royal Institute of Painters in watercolour exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, (2024, 2023), ING Discerning Eye exhibition, London (2022) Sunday Times Watercolour competition London and Southampton (2020) I hold a Master of Art (Fine Art) and BA Honours Degree in Fine Art. My painting is bound up with examination of the land, and in particular, the ephemeral, those forces and presences that cannot be seen but which change and shape the land. I have been painting every day for many years, since graduating with an MA in Painting. Over 500 paintings have been sold to collectors across the globe, from USA to Canada, Australia, Britain, Singapore, Germany, and all of Europe


I work in oil paint, acrylic, ink, watercolour, graphite, wax, pastel and collage. I also work with water, ice, video and 3d sculpting and modelling, but these works are more difficult to show. Each medium and material has different specific qualities that I try to use to express my ideas.

I love to keep a visual diary of my travel by cycle, or backpacking, running and walking on the moors and mountains, love to record what I see, - the land, the weather, people, ideas, love to use new media and methods, love to paint...Every holiday deserves a new sketchbook, each full of paintings and drawings made in the field.

If you want to read more about the expeditions, climbing, mountaineering and cycling that have been the material for the work, I keep a blog - 'Not at Home' on WordPress, detailing this, the link to which you can find in the right side panel.