Textile Artist
Nature is the inspiration for my art and adding stitches to my work gives me time to reflect and intentionally slow down.
Elizabeth Richards
My Artist Statement
Elizabeth developed her curiosity with mixed media art when she was young, always inspired by nature and encouraged by her grandmother to create with her hands. Although she has no formal training, Elizabeth has learned many techniques and processes that she uses to create her designs, and style. She prefers working with fabrics that she has dyed and printed with plants and flowers, including sun(cyanotype) prints and painted block prints. The slow and meditative process of hand stitching adds texture and color to Elizabeth's art quilts. Elizabeth is involved with the Mentorship Program at ARTSPACE At Untitled, teaching and sharing what she has learned in her lifetime of curiosity and play with fabric and stitch.
My Inspiration—Nature
My work tells a story of joy found in the beauty of nature, life, and imagination through fabric, color, and stitch.
Artist CV
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 4x4 Deck the Walls Art Show + Auction, Paseo Art District, Oklahoma City, OK
2023 The State of Craft 2023, juried by Mary Anne Jordan, 108 Contemporary,
Tulsa, OK
2023 Small Art Show at PAA, juried by Dr. Erin Latham, Paseo Art District,
Oklahoma City, OK
2023 12x12, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Lively Beerworks, Oklahoma City, OK
2023 Seven State Biennial Exhibition, USAO, Nesbitt Gallery, Chickasha, OK
(Honorable Mention)
2023 Print on Paseo, juried by Michael Loren Diaz, Paseo Art District,
Oklahoma City, OK. (Honorable Mention)
2023 In Conversation Exhibition, juried by Tara Glastonbury, Sydney and Melbourne,
Australia
2023 ARTini-20th Anniversary, Allied Arts OKC, Oklahoma City, OK
2023. OVAC Member Show, OCU Art Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2022. 4x4 Deck the Walls Art. Show+Auction, Paseo Art District, Oklahoma City OK
2022 ARTini-Ranchtini, Allied Arts OKC, Oklahoma City, OK
2022 Sunny Dayz Mural Festival at VIBES in Edmond, OK
2022 Curated Quilts Journal
2022. Print on Paseo, juried by Marwin Begaye, Paseo Art District,
Oklahoma City, OK
2022. The Vault Art Space and Gathering Place Five Year Anniversary Showcase
Pauls Valley, OK
2022. Oklahoma City Museum of Art 38th Annual Omelette Party art raffle
Oklahoma City, OK
2022 PAA Members’ Show, juried by Nicole Moan, Paseo Art District,
Oklahoma City, OK
2022 Studio Members’ Exhibition, ARTSPACE at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK
2021 4x4 Deck the Walls Art Show+Auction, Paseo Art District, Oklahoma City, OK
2021 Postcard Perspectives Exhibition, ARTSPACE at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK
2021 Small Art Show, juried by Alan Atkinson, Paseo Art District, Oklahoma City, OK
2021 The Lively Show, juried by Ebony Iman Dallas, Marissa Raglin and Josh Vaughn,
Oklahoma City, OK
2021 12x12, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Dunlap Codding, Oklahoma City, OK
2021 12x12 Preview, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Art Hall, Oklahoma City, OK
2021 Sunny Dayz Mural Festival, juried by Virginia Sitzes and Sunny Dayz committee,
Oklahoma City, OK
2021 Qu’aint: Quilt+Paint Collaboration, Leslie Powell Foundation Gallery, Lawton, OK
2021 Qu’aint: Quilt+Paint Collaboration, Graceful Arts Center, Alva, OK
2021 Print on Paseo Exhibition, juried by Kathleen Blake, Paseo Art District,
Oklahoma City, OK
2021 PAA Members’ Show, juried by Diana J. Smith, Paseo Art District,
Oklahoma City, OK
2020 4x4 Deck the Walls Art Show+Auction, Paseo Art District, Oklahoma City, OK
2020 Postcard Perspectives Exhibition, ARTSPACE at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK
2020 12x12, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Virtual, Oklahoma City, OK
2020 ARTini—CAMPtini, Allied Arts OKC, Virtual, Oklahoma City, OK
2020 Qu’aint: Quilt+Paint Collaboration, The Vault, Pauls Valley, OK
2020 Print on Paseo Exhibition, juried by Emma Difani, Paseo Art District,
Oklahoma City, OK
2020 SAQA Spotlight Auction, Toronto, Canada
2020 QuiltCon, Annual juried Exhibition, Modern Quilt Guild, Austin, Texas
2020 PAA Members’ Show, juried by George Oswalt, Paseo Art District,
Oklahoma City, OK
2019 4x4 Deck the Walls Art Show+Auction, Paseo Art District, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 SmallArt Show, juried by Clint Stone, Paseo Art District, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 Postcard Perspectives Exhibition, ARTSPACE at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 Qu’aint: Quilt+Paint Collaboration, Paseo Gallery One, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 Print on Paseo Exhibition, juried by Alexa Goetzinger, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 Connect:Collect and Print as Object, juried print exhibition,Nona Jean Hulsey
Gallery, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 Qu’aint: Quilt+Paint Collaboration, Mainline Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2018 FiberWorks, juried by David Brackett, IAO, Oklahoma City, OK
2018 Once Old is New Modern Quilt Exhibition, ARTSPACE at Untitled,
Oklahoma City, OK
2018 QuiltCon, Annual juried Exhibition, Pasadena, CA
Education
1977 BA in Accounting, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK