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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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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine (Issue 53!) It's a huge issue, if you've never read a copy before and are local check them out at @outregallery in Melbourne
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 26/04/2026
You can feel the cold, quietness settling in the bell jar. 'Cat Skull Under Glass' 10x"10" oil on panel, by Christopher L Hanson. #beautifulbizarre #stilllife #oilpainting #darkaesthetic #darkart
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Conductor, his Bugle and his Bars oil on board, 2026. As part of RELICS at the Victorian artsists society Commissions are still available, check my link on instagram and my website. #Relics #Bugle
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Hiked, Battled, Worn 2026 - oil on aluminium 'A memorial of activity, paying tribute to the very active shoe owner, and his grandaughter.' #Art
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Listo Entertainment @listo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 06/02/2026
A soft, ethereal glow that feels like a whisper in the dark. Such hauntingly beautiful depth to this work by Andrzej Kulig. #beautifulbizarre #atmosphericart #contemporaryrealism #moodyportrait
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 03/02/2026
SAVE THE DATE AUSTRALIA! Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is super excited to announce our next exhibition ‘Return to Beauty’ at @outregallery.bsky.social in April. We can’t wait to see you there!! To receive the Collectors Preview please email Louise McIntosh at louise@outregallery.com
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Little one on the easel, one session to go
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 27/01/2026
This haunting yet regal self portrait of Elizabeth Wakou feels so reminiscent of Japanese horror icon Tomie. #art #beautifulbizarre #elizabethwakou #gothicart #classicalportrait #digitalart
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Silly art games at #PaxAus - yes please 💕 youtube.com/shorts/xR_EC...
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THE ART BATTLE IS BACK - With #NewChallengers! #PaxAus 2025
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
'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
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 10/08/2025
A source of energy, resilience and growth - beautiful symbolism in this piece by Vincent Pocsik. 'Two Gerberas with Hands' 35 x 34 x 4 1/2 in Carved and stained walnut #beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #flower #sculpture #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
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Wim Heldens Painter @wimheldens.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
'His Royal Highness", 45 x 45 cem, oil on canvas, 2021 #hisroyalhighness #dutchrealism #figurativeart #narrativepainting #portraitpainting #refugeesarewelcomehere #gayrightsarehumanrights
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 08/08/2025
The feeling when something finally blooms and comes to fruition. I feel that here. Gorgeous installation. For Magda Butrym & H&M Venue: One Hanson Producers: BUREAU BETAK Designers: Larry Walshe Textile Artist: Mia Sylvia Herrod Steel rose structure: Julian Carter #beautifulbizarre #art
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I had a fun side quest between projects!! Customising the closest thing in my reach - the Colour Cube cards by Sarah Renae Clark youtu.be/botSDzsyspQ
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Can I CUSTOMIZE my Colour Cube images with Oil Paintings? @SarahRenaeClark
Huge Thankyou to @SarahRenaeClark for not only ok-ing me messing with the cards but providing the sample packs and inspiring this whole side quest! You can get your own colour cube (version one or two or both!) through my affiliate link here and help support my channel! The Color Cube: https://sarahrenaeclark.com/colorcube/?ref=264 The Color Catalog:https://sarahrenaeclark.com/color-palettes/?ref=264 The Coloring Planner: https://sarahrenaeclark.com/coloringp... The Swatchdex: https://sarahrenaeclark.com/swatchdex//?ref=264 I was gifted these samples cards to use and I asked to experiment with them, the links above are affiliate links that help support my channel! All opinions and enthusiasm are my own. ♥ Hi, I’m Liz Gridley, an Artist from Melbourne, Australia. I am primarily an artist of Painting and Drawing (Oil Paints being my top Medium of Choice!)and my works are heavily focused on figurative subjects. I enjoy investigating depths of emotion, death and the human experience to create a connection from my work to the viewer. My content of choice includes: Time-lapse videos of my latest artworks, Paint and Sketching Tips & Tricks, Livestream sessions (Check the 'About' section of my channel for the current Stream times!) and Occasional Artist Studio Vlogs. Always feel welcome to leave a comment if you have a Question, and Subscribe to know every time I’m posting. Thank you for joining me in the studio (and don’t forget to clean your brushes!) ♥ ------------------------------------------ L I N K S ------------------------------------------ w e b s i t e: lizgridley.com.au m a i l i n g l i s t: For open commission times & exhibition updates: http://eepurl.com/do40EX i n s t a g r a m: lizgridleyartist f a c e b o o k: LizGridleyArtist d I s c o r d : https://discord.gg/Ns3GWgJ6pz s u p p o r t m e: https://ko-fi.com/lizgridleyartist T I P j a r: https://streamelements.com/lizgridleyartist/tip Please follow my social media accounts to see more of my current works in progress, exhibitions, sketching nights, life drawing, art excursions and of course those satisfying varnish moments! Intro by Runaway Graphics (https://www.runawaygraphics.com.au/) ------------------------------------------ M U S I C ------------------------------------------ Music by Chillhop Music: https://chillhop.ffm.to/creatorcred and YouTube Audio Library
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Taskmaster @taskmaster.tv · 28/07/2025
10 years. 95 contestants. 1 Taskmaster. 🎂
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Order of the Good Death @ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The history of death masks stretches back millennia, deep into antiquity. Often created for elite members of society as protective armour that could help the deceased to navigate the afterlife or ward off evil spirits. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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The lost art of the death mask
The Western world was once obsessed with these macabre memorials.
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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 panela 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 anglea 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
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
'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)
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
'Do you want to become the grass?' Oil on aluminium - Available via @beinartgallery #NaturalBurial
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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 frameoil painting on an angle of a figure with metal lace framepainting without metal lacepainting in testing mode for cutouts
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
'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 urncloseup of painting of a woman with her arms resting up near her face,k framed in a metal lace cutout of an urnangled photo of painting of a woman with her arms resting up near her face,k framed in a metal lace cutout of an urnpeople standing in front of paintings in a gallery
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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
gonna call this one done, I think 🤞
Clouds loom high over a distant lighthouse. A small sailboat passes in the foreground, and above a massive woman towers in the clouds, flanked by two owls. The woman is surrounded with pale drapery that mimics the color and shape of the clouds. She looks down upon the lighthouse and boat.
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Glitch42Au @glitch42au.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Got to play with the colour cube today (Sarah Jane Clark!) My poor tired seahorse I feel you (watercolour on the wrong paper don't care had fun)
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
'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 waterOil 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 panelOil painting with metal lace, a face emerging from ripples in water, a close up shjot of the faces' closed eyes
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Vanessa pepin @pepinvanessa.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
To bury a friend, portrait done in loving memory of Twiggy 💙 Oil on linen, 9x12 #contemporaryart #allaprima #oilpainting #petportraitartist #petportraiture #artefex
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Rose Van Lear @rosevanlear.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Nonchaloir (Repose), 1911 John Sunger Sargent Oil on canvas #ArtSky
Nonchaloir (Repose), 1911 
John Sunger Sargent
Oil on canvas
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Experimenting with Oil Painting & Metal Lace... youtube.com/shorts/U8Qh4... #Art
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🖌️💙 How can I add Ripples to my Oil Painting? Learning CNC metal cutting for my #Art 💙
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Those 'serious artist' selfies 💕 *headphones for authenticity* 👇 Flood of posts coming for 'Still Bodies: Dialogues of Deathcare' opening next week June 21st at @beinartgallery so keep an eye on your feed! Chat soon X Liz
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 06/06/2025
Tale as old as time indeed... and one of my favorites. ‪@strangeling.bsky.social‬ captures this so beautifully with her painting “Belle in Beast’s Gallery”. Delve into the spirit of her work. strangeling.com #beautifulbizarre #beautyandthebeast #disney #popsurrealism #artinspo #art
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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
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Anthony Hurd @anthonyhurd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Went ahead and went back and finished it tonight. Golden hour - 26x32” acrylic on canvas. Available.
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
... Did that varnish pour give me the 🖕? This piece may look complete after varnish, but I've got two more things to add, coming soon to @moderneden 'The Portrait Show 13: Magic' #ModernEden #Varnish #VarnishingPaintings #SatisfyingArt #LizGridley youtube.com/shorts/Fh9zn...
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... Did that varnish pour give me the 🖕? #Varnish
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
...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
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Had so much fun 💕 even though I only made it to 'partial duck' 😅
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Rose Van Lear @rosevanlear.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Head of a Young Woman, possibly 1780s Jean-Baptiste Greuze Oil on canvas #ArtSky
Swirling clothing and hair join soulfully upturned eyes and a tilted head in order to condense an emotion— perhaps sorrowful longing— typical of têtes d'expression.
Such "expressive heads" were part of artists' academic training, but also enjoyed appeal as independent works of art. This particular pose captures the late eighteenth-century rise of sentimentalism, a largely literary movement that pulled on readers' emotions, which Greuze used to great visual effect.
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
So so chuffed you had a fun time 💕
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 22/03/2025
Seductive and haunting. Maison Margiela Spring Summer 2021 - via BLASTED Magazine. Stunning! #beautifulbizarre #couture #fashion #wearableart #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Slowly filling the studio with heads 🩷
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Glitch42Au @glitch42au.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The Daily Duck 21/3/25 Has fun chilling with the ever talented Liz.
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Finally got this one edited 💕 on show at he Victorian artists society now youtube.com/shorts/kJA_X...
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Oil Painter tries 10 session Sculpture! (Full Process)
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
When she gets all dramatic in the afternoon (face cast by @clairetennant on insta)
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Mike Garcia @mikegarciafineart.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
“Petals” oil painting on canvas
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Ben Howe Art @benhoweart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
‘States of Transcendence’. Oil on Canvas The final days of my exhibition are approaching. Please drop by if you're able – I’d love you to see it! #realism #ContemporaryArt #SurrealPortrait #portraiture #oilpainting
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Kim Evans Art @kimevansart.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hi Bluesky 😊...Here's a montage image of some of my artworks to start the socials rolling here. I'm an exhibiting artist from Melbourne Australia. You might follow me on Insta or FB, so I hope to find my artists, followers & friends on board here too. 👋
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Liz Gridley @lizgridleyartist.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 28/01/2025
What a fun and dynamic painting by issue #42 cover artist Eric Fortun 🖤 "The Invitation", acrylic on watercolor paper #beautifulbizarre #ericfortun #bats #batart #watercolour #watercolor #art
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Fucked up that one day I’ll die and won’t be able to draw skeletons anymore. Stupid.
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Sebastian Tinajero @sebastiantart.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
More sketchbook stuff, exploring color 📒🎨 . . . . . #color #skull #painting #paint #drawing #sketchbook #sketch #artwork #art
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Rachael Talibart @rachaeltalibart.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
It’s pretty gnarly out there today, so here’s a stormy photo from a few years ago. 📷
A foamy sea breaks on the shore in front of a dark, blue stormy sky. Spray rises towards the heavens. An island on the horizon.
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