art by liz, fine art originals by eLIZabeth d. schafer, painter of music

about the artist

eLIZabeth d. schaferWhy music?
"I create art about music, about sound, and my art expresses my passion for music. My inspiration is from music with soul, whether classical, jazz, blues, bluegrass, funk, or rock." Music and art have been a driving force throughout my life. I played the guitar as a young girl and gained a greater understanding of music's history after moving to Mississippi, the birth of the blues, in Bay St. Louis, near New Orleans the birth of jazz. I spend my time at concerts and in clubs that offer live music, sketching, taking photographs, and speaking with the musicians about their art form. My head is constantly filled with imagery as I listen to music. Enjoying the energy and rhythms, I constantly study the sound whether by musical structure or by instrument - always searching for the truth of form. During the past 12 years I have been exploring music, the sound and the atmosphere created searching for the "groove" in my abstract-expressionistic works.

selected solo exhibitions

  • 2005 Painted Blues; Wetherbee House, Greenville, MS; 30 works of art
  • 2005 Art and Soul; Maggie May's at Serenity Place, Bay St. Louis, MS; 54 works of art
  • 2004 Music or Art; Historic Bay St. Louis Depot, Bay St. Louis, MS; 76 works of art
  • 2004 Images of Music; Historic Bay St. Louis Depot, Bay St. Louis, MS; 66 works of art
  • 2002 From the Heart; Serenity Gallery, Bay St. Louis, MS; 30 works of art
  • 2002 Blues; Guachoya Gallery, Lake Village, Arkansas; 22 works of art
  • 2002 Red, White and Blues; Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi; 22 works of art
  • 2001 New Works; Burke Street Gallery, McComb, Mississippi; 30 works of art
  • 2001 Visual Compositions; Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, Mississippi; 26 works of art
  • 2001 Jazz Expressions; Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi; 27 works of art
  • 2001 Evolution of Jazz Expressions; Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi; 25 works of art
  • 2001 An Eye for Music; Artworks, Laurel, Mississippi; 20 works of art
  • 2000 Art About Music; Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi; 17 works of art
  • 2000 Crossroads; Serenity Gallery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; 42 works of art
  • 1999 Musical Instrument Series; Fraga Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana; 25 works of art
  • 1998 Musical Paintings; Gallery Severn, Metarie, Louisiana; 15 works of art
  • 1998 Visual Sound; Serenity Gallery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; 15 works of art
  • 1997 Jazzing and Blueing; Fraga Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana; 25 works of art
  • 1996 Variations of the Soul; Galleria, Metarie, Louisiana; 20 works of art
  • 1996 Variations of the Soul; Fraga Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana; 25 works of art
  • 1995 Soul to Soul, the Full Circle Series; Serenity Gallery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; 15 works of art

selected group exhibitions

  • 2005 White Linen; Jane and Friends Gallery; New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 2005 Diversity and Diversity II; Pearl River Community College; Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
  • 2004 Arts Alive!; Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; studio tour
  • 2004Take a Seat; Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
  • 2001 Time Wohrp; Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi
  • 2000 Festival of Fins; New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1999 Recent Works; Richard Russell Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1992 - present Ocean Springs Art Association Annual Exhibition; Ocean Springs, Mississippi
  • 1992 - 1998 Toast to the Coast; Pass Christian, Mississippi
  • 1993 - 1995 A Place of Art; Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
  • 1995 Focus on Art; Long Beach, Mississippi
  • 1994 Recent Works; Art Who?, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
  • 1993 South Mississippi Art Association; William Carey College, Biloxi, Mississippi
  • 1992 Artists of Mississippi Gulf Coast; Great Southern Club, Gulfport, Mississippi

selected juried exhibitions

  • 2001, 2002 Bi-State Annual Competition; Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi
  • 1995, 1998 - 2001 Art Wave; George E. Ohr Museum, Biloxi, Mississippi
  • 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 George E. Ohr Fine Arts Exhibit, Biloxi, Mississippi
  • 1995 - 2001 Mississippi Art Colony; Traveling Exhibition throughout the southeast
  • 1997 New Orleans National Art Exhibition; World Trade Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1993 LaFonte Workshop; LaFonte Inn, Pascagoula, Mississippi

corporate and private collections

  • Nordo's Restaurant; New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Omni Royal Orleans Hotel; New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Bucchaneer Properties; New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Central Area Chamber of Commerce; New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Nicholas S. Morphis Law Firm; New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Applegate Incorporated; Ocean Springs, Mississippi
  • Anteon Corporation; Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
  • Private collections throughout Alabama, California, Florida, England, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Netherlands, New York, Texas, and Tennessee

teaching and lecturing

  • Music and Art; Artist's Forum; lecture series in Bay St. Louis, MS and Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS

professional affiliations

  • National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2004 to present.
  • The ARTS, Hancock County, 2003 to present.
  • National Association of Women Artists, 2000 to present.
  • National Collage Association, 2000 to present.
  • Mississippi Art Colony, 1997 to present.
  • Art Wave, 1998 to 2002.
  • Ocean Springs Art Association; Member 1992 to present; Board of Directors, 1993 and 1994; Publicity Chairman, 1993.
  • South Mississippi Art Association, Inc., 1994.
  • New Orleans Art Association, 1996.

education

1981 – 1985 Florida Institute of Technology; Melbourne, Florida
B.S., Geological Oceanography.
Graduated with high honors.

1984 – 1989 Brevard Art Center and Museum; Melbourne, Florida
Instruction in design, drawing, painting pottery, and sculpture.

artist colonies

1995 – present Mississippi Art Colony; Utica, Mississippi
Fall Session and Spring Session.
Scholarship Recipient Fall Session, 1994.