Elizabeth Alley, a painter and sketcher from Memphis, explores vulnerable landscapes through on-location sketching to create painting and drawing installations.
Exhibit: Feels like earth but not
May 5 - June 13, 2026 at ShapeShifter Gallery, Memphis, TN
Exploring vulnerable landscapes through paintings, drawings, and installations.
May 5 - June 13, 2026 at ShapeShifter Gallery, Memphis, TN
Exploring vulnerable landscapes through paintings, drawings, and installations.
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Now is Now 3 - Dahlbrebukta, mixed media on paper, 11" x 15", 2025
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Installation view: Plushie Glaciers, crocheted wool yarn and second-hand acrylic yarn, 2025-2026
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The Shape of Ice (The Good Kind of Ice), oil on unstretched canvas, 37" x 48", 2026
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Signal Hill, oil on paper, 16" X 20", 2025
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Purple Sunset, oil on paper, 10" x 12", 2026
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Northern Gannet 1, oil on paper, 11" x 5", 2026 (cut-out shape)
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Arctic Circle Residency
May 2025
Created over 150 sketches on site around west and north Spitsbergen as part of a residency aboard a sailing vessel.
May 2025
Created over 150 sketches on site around west and north Spitsbergen as part of a residency aboard a sailing vessel.
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Sketch in progress photo by Catherine Arseneault
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Transitions
2022-2024
This series is an exploration of transitional areas of landscape (water’s edge, rivers, mountains, walkways, bridges, roads), experienced through direct observation of and movement through places.
2022-2024
This series is an exploration of transitional areas of landscape (water’s edge, rivers, mountains, walkways, bridges, roads), experienced through direct observation of and movement through places.
Bluewater Lake, oil on paper, 22x30
Monument Valley, oil on paper, 9.5x10.5
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Manzanita Campground, oil on paper, 30x22
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Santa Rosa Sound, acrylic on paper, 30x22
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Exhibit: Grounded - Paintings
June 25, 2021 - September 2, 2021 Studio show, Memphis, TN and virtual
In response to the pandemic - oil on paper paintings of landscapes from the American West combined with houses from my neighborhood.
June 25, 2021 - September 2, 2021 Studio show, Memphis, TN and virtual
In response to the pandemic - oil on paper paintings of landscapes from the American West combined with houses from my neighborhood.
Next Mountain Over, oil on paper, 30x22
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House in Aspens, oil on paper, 30x22
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Tent in Cottonwoods, oil on paper, 20x13.25
Grounded photos by Chip Pankey
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Exhibit: Place Shapes
July 14 - October 6, 2019 at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
Collection of oil on paper and oil on canvas paintings of Iceland, Newfoundland, and Portugal.
July 14 - October 6, 2019 at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
Collection of oil on paper and oil on canvas paintings of Iceland, Newfoundland, and Portugal.
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Place Shapes photos by Baxter Buck
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Installation photo by Chip Pankey
All Together Now, acrylic on wallpaper (exhibited at Flicker Street Studio, December 2018)
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Exhibit: Two Stories of Iceland
January 26 - March 11, 2018 at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
A narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings.
January 26 - March 11, 2018 at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
A narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings.
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Singapore in gouache (exhibited at Flicker Street Studio, December 2017)
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Iceland in watercolor and ink (exhibited at Flicker Street Studio, December 2016)
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The Memory Disease, oil on canvas (series)
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Paintings of London, oil on canvas; paintings of Spain, oil on paper
(exhibited at Memphis Botanic Gardens, December 2013)
(exhibited at Memphis Botanic Gardens, December 2013)
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Tiny Outfits, oil on paper (exhibited in Present Tense at Dixon Gallery and Gardens, January 2013)
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Go Change, oil on canvas (exhibited at Flicker Street Studio, September 2011)
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Class of '88, acrylic on paper (exhibited at Material Art Space, May 2008)
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Please Don't Leave Anything Behind, acrylic and oil on paper (exhibited at Marshall Arts, May 2007)
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