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Liz Gridley
@lizgridleyartist.bsky.social
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Artist, Oil Painting the human: Life, Emotion & Death

ADHD, Current Coterie resident at Victorian Artists Society, Finalist Lester Prize 2024, Based in Australia - Studio on the Kulin Land of Wurundjeri & Bunurong.
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'is cremation right for you?' - Liz Gridley, is a Finalist in the @palliative.care.australia 'Live Well Die Well' Art Prize on show from tonight in Brisbane as part of the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference #DeathArt
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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What's Changed?
Oil on aluminium, Sold, FINAL WEEK of 'Still Bodies: Diaogues of Deathcare' at @beinartgallery
“The most universal human feature, we must all share and create breath” - Hannah Gadsby, Nanette.
#Art
a painting of a feminine figure head back, breath or couds coming in and out of her body then emerging from her mouth, on an arched paitning panel a painting of a feminine figure head back, breath or couds coming in and out of her body then emerging from her mouth, on an arched paitning panel photographed on an angle a painting of a feminine figure head back, breath or couds coming in and out of her body then emerging from her mouth, on an arched paitning pane close up
July 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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'What is the first thing you do when someone dies?'
Oil on aluminium, 🔴Sold, FINAL WEEK of 'Still Bodies: Diaogues of Deathcare' at @beinartgallery

Answer: Put on the kettle…
(well that's the best answer I’ve found so far)
July 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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'Do you want to become the grass?'
Oil on aluminium - Available via @beinartgallery
#NaturalBurial
July 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Do You Fear Decomposition?
Oil on aluminium with metal lace frame by Liz Gridley.
On show now and available through @beinartgallery
More info on the beinart website
#Embalming #DeathCare #FuneralService #Embalm #DeathArt
oil painting of a figure with metal lace frame oil painting on an angle of a figure with metal lace frame painting without metal lace painting in testing mode for cutouts
June 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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'How Do You Want to Be Remembered?
Oil on aluminium with metal lace frame. Available and on show with @beinartgallery
#Art #OilPainting
painting of a woman with her arms resting up near her face,k framed in a metal lace cutout of an urn closeup of painting of a woman with her arms resting up near her face,k framed in a metal lace cutout of an urn angled photo of painting of a woman with her arms resting up near her face,k framed in a metal lace cutout of an urn people standing in front of paintings in a gallery
June 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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'Ripples' oil on aluminium with metal lace. Available now at Modern Eden Gallery.
Hydromancy, divination by means of water, including the color, ebb and flow, or ripples produced by pebbles dropped in a pool...
Oil painting with metal lace, a face emerging from ripples in water Oil painting with metal lace, a face emerging from ripples in water, the frame on an angle so you can see the 3d depth of the frame and painting panel Oil painting with metal lace, a face emerging from ripples in water, a close up shjot of the faces' closed eyes
June 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Those 'serious artist' selfies 💕 *headphones for authenticity*
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Flood of posts coming for 'Still Bodies: Dialogues of Deathcare' opening next week June 21st at @beinartgallery so keep an eye on your feed!

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June 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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A solo exhibition, a Death Cafe, and so much more: The latest email just went out to my subscribers (but this one is a BIG one so I thought for once I'd share a bit wider) check it out here to learn more: mailchi.mp/a643278491d8...

#StillBodies #BeinartGallery #Update #MailingList
Liz, the artist with a plain complexion, green and dark brown hair over on shoulder sits close to the camera, in the background a fuzzy image of the easel and shelves covered in new paintings on arch panels
May 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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...Because it's a unified meeting point of human emotion.

I've been asked by many people 'why death?' when introducing my upcoming show 'Still Bodies: Dialogues of Deathcare' ( @beinartgallery Brunswick from June 21st, next month) so I wanted to being elaborating...
#Art #Death
May 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Had so much fun 💕 even though I only made it to 'partial duck' 😅
May 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Slowly filling the studio with heads 🩷
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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When she gets all dramatic in the afternoon (face cast by @clairetennant on insta)
January 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Wrap up day, all these now back from the Victorian artist society exhibition #ArtThreads
Oil painting framed sitting on glassine paper to be wrapped Oil painting of a woman's portrait sitting on glassine paper to be wrapped up
January 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Nothing quite like packing up multiple years worth of work for it to go off... My house feels so empty now
December 28, 2024 at 6:40 AM
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Exposed, 2018 - first piece from my last solo exhibition 'Empathy, my witness' at Off the Kerb Gallery.

Next solo coming in 2025 #art
November 21, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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'The Life & Death Mask of Ludwig van Beethoven'
Oil on aluminium - Liz Gridley - 2024
Available
A painting on an arched panel featuring a large stone plaster head and paper folded photo
November 19, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Work in progress 'L'inconnue de la seine' sisters
Who here knows about #DeathMask s?

#art #OilPainting #WorkInProgress
Two plaster cast heads sit on a stand under a light, the artists easel in front with a work in progress oil painting
November 19, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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Oil painting the human: Life, Emotion & Death
Liz Gridley
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#Art #OilPainting #artist
Oil painting portrait of a woman in profile, her tension held neck glowing as clouds approach from two sides Oil painting of a life cast of the face of Mark hamill painted in blue oil paint hues Liz's hand and hair show her at the easel painting a surrealistic upside down deceased harpy, half bird half woman oil painted Liz stands behind a large painting in Magenta of a woman emerging from cloudlike forms
November 19, 2024 at 1:15 PM
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Self portrait poster study - which apparently looks a lot like a dr who episode
#Artist #OilPainting
A small piece of canvas in taped to a board, an oil painting of a simplified human woman's head is painted on, she is wearing headphones but her face is smooth passages of colour to simplify the form
November 18, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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Ok that answers that question, but at least you can still view it!
November 17, 2024 at 5:03 AM