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Liz Maxfield Art

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Liz Maxfield Art

I paint what I see, drawn to colors and emotions and the places I love.

09/19/2026

Competing with everyone’s needs...including my own takes time and energy.

Right now a lot of my days are school with the kids until early afternoon, lunch, afternoon activities, and trying to get everyone settled into their routines. I’ve made space for the studio, but lately actually getting there is another story.

I’m also trying to make room for myself in all of that. Prioritizing sleep instead of always getting up early. Working out. Running or walking with the dog with music or a podcast loud enough to drown out my own thoughts for a little while.

There’s been a lot to process lately, and processing emotions is exhausting, even when it’s good.

It’s funny that I’ve started really looking forward to a hard workout. There is something very satisfying about being physically tired enough for my brain to be quiet.

Apparently my current version of self-care is more sleep, good coffee and voluntary suffering.😆

I'd love to know, what’s keeping you sane lately? 😘

09/17/2026

I’ve created this studio space that is all mine...my own beautiful mess everywhere.

As much as I’ve loved being home with my babies, they’re getting older and are needing me less and I’m learning what it feels like to have a little space that belongs to my own thoughts and ideas again. I’ve carved out two days a week to be here, alone with blank canvases and no one to talk to but myself.

I can do whatever I want here. And that feels different.

And i'm curious,...What’s a place, person, or part of your life that has come to mean more to you as you’ve gotten older?

09/16/2026

A small reminder that I have an email list if you’d like to hear from me somewhere other than here.

I send occasional notes from the studio, new work, things I’m thinking about and every few months I give away a giclée print to someone on the list.

That’s about it. No daily emails. I promise that I do not have that much to say! 😂

If you’d like to join, the link is in my bio.

09/14/2026

This painting changed a lot. I’ve changed a lot.

I started this one a year ago because I was itching to work big again.

I had made a small gouache study from a photo I took on top of a mountain in Sicily. I was there with my family on our first overseas trip together, and there was something about that place and that day that stayed with me.

I wanted to spend more time there. So I decided to make this one BIG.

And then it took me a year.

There were lots of starts and stops. Times I was excited about it, times I wasn’t sure where it was going, and plenty of time where it just sat there looking at me.

Somewhere along the way I started experimenting with a small handheld palette, which let me make quick marks without constantly walking back to reload my brush. Those marks started to build on each other... I kept thinking of a woven tapestry, and also reminded me of light reflecting across the landscape.

That was one of those moments where I thought, ok... these marks are working.

Now when I look at it, I see Sicily and that trip with my family. But I also see the last year.

The painting changed a lot. So did I. Somehow it grew alongside me.

And now, mostly, it makes me want to get my family on another plane and go back to Sicily! 😆

What do you see in it?

09/10/2026

I am holding onto way too much yarn and these pieces of wood.

I’ve been slowly purging our garage, which used to be a maker space for the kids when they were younger and was pretty much always a mess.

I spent most of July getting rid of years of accumulated stuff, but I’m down to the last two piles. And apparently those are the hardest.

It’s all the odds and ends that either have a memory attached to them or that I can still see some potential in.

Like a ridiculous amount of yarn someone gave me. I used to knit, and I keep thinking I’d love to teach Ella someday.

So…the yarn survived. And this wood, anyone know how to make a table?

What do you have way too much of?

09/08/2026

I’m thinking about starting another series of standing figures.

I usually give each figure their own painting, but I keep wondering what would happen if I put two of them together.

It could completely change the feeling between them.

One figure or two?

08/03/2026

Lately I’ve been thinking about the work I want to keep moving toward.

The larger figure paintings… and these more expansive landscapes.

I love how they hold space and speak to each other through color, emotion, and a kind of quiet presence.

07/28/2026

Back from the ocean and feeling refreshed. I took a long pause on almost everything including posting for a while and it was a much needed reset. The weather was iffy but I had at least two glorious days resting in the sun, breeze and next to the deep roar of the ocean waves and loving my new beach cabana.

07/07/2026

Artists talk a lot about inspiration and technique. But not so much about the maintenance needed in between.

The little habits that quietly keep creativity alive.

For me lately it's been journaling, running, and spending a few minutes making something that doesn't have to become anything.

I've learned that those small practices are rarely a distraction from painting.

They're usually what lead me back to it.

06/30/2026

I've been dreaming up something new for the studio.

It's not a class...or a workshop...

Just a welcoming space to slow down, make something with your hands, and spend time creating alongside other people.

I'm still working out the details, but I have a feeling it might become one of my favorite things to share.

More soon. 💛

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