Artist's Statement
Influenced by a Roman Catholic upbringing, punk rock, Erté and Edward Gorey, Hollywood native Elizabeth McGrath is one of her generation's more unique and prolific artists. She creates in a number of mediums and materials with undeniable artistry and imagination. Her paintings are haunted whispers of color, depicting subtly dangerous creatures that creep toward the edge of the canvas. Her stitched and bandaged dolls and toys are a united army of soft strangeness, and her mixed media dioramas are isolated freak shows displaying rotting, subhuman figures luxuriously dressed for your pleasure or contempt.
Text courtesy of Sloan Fine Art
Artist's Bio
Elizabeth McGrath is represented by Sloan Fine Art, New York, New York.
Selected Exhibitions: 2009 – Shadowless Summer, Sloan Fine art, New York, New York; The Land of Retinal Delights, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California. 2008 – Tears of the Crocodile, IguaPop, Barcelona, Spain; Skin Deep, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona. 2007 – The Incredible Disorder, Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery, Culver City, California; Tug of War, Hemphill Gallery, Washington, DC. 2005 – Altarwise by Owl Light, Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery, Culver, California.
Cerberus
2010, mixed media
Dik Dik
2009, mixed media with Swarovski crystals, gold leaf and silver leaf, 24"×33"×9"
Two Headed Weasel
(tattoo design: Morgan Slade)
2009, mixed media, 10"×10"×5"
Frankie Machine
2000, wood, resin, metal, tar, 36"×64"
Goldfinger
2010, mixed media
Truth Decay
2005, wood, resin, acrylic paint, 52"×72"
The Weasels
2009, foam, resin, acrylic paint, 6"×18"×4"