Liz Tran is a mixed media painter and printmaker who works without conscious preconceptions of what the work should be. Creating environments in which she wishes to live (or at least spend the winter), what emerges are snapshots of a beautiful, imaginary world- stills from a fictitious, recurring film.

Showing September 2nd - 27th, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 4th from 6-9pm

For more work by and information about Liz, please visit her website

Recommended by Seattle Weekly!
Mixed-media painter Liz Tran often stared at the cherry tree withering away outside her Central District home while working on her newest print series. The artist believes that this collection (on display through September 27) could be a memorial to its once-fertile state. She applied liberal amounts of acrylic, graphite, ink, and beeswax onto Japanese paper to create dozens of trees bearing pearlescent leaves and polka-dotted fruit. Wander through this whimsical forest and you’ll wonder what new life Tran may create, on paper at least, should another tree perish in her yard. -Erika Hobart