Work

I’ve been exploring layered work through printmaking, photography, collage, and encaustic, since 2000. In 2010, I started scanning my handmade work, using software to create digital fine art in limited and open editions.

Series
Pretty/Angry
Digital Aerials
Quietude
as sheltering as a house: Digital collage, 10 layers © 2021 Liz Ruest
Future Wanderings
Unstable Ground
Adaptive Horizons

These bodies of work have evolved over the past few years, often taking more than a year, and building upon older sketches. They’re available as limited editions, up to two per piece, through a gallery or a custom order.

OPEN EDITIONS
Familiar Territory
Details

These ongoing series explore recognizable elements. They usually start with a photograph, embellished with layers of texture, colour, or collage, and are available as prints and accessories online.

Projects
Spelling It Out
Collage of paper and paint, in peach, brown, and teal, depicting an abstracted horizon line.
Analog Aerials
Rectangle Sketches
Northern Retreat
Pattern Prints Project
Scotland Self-Directed Residency
Collage #18 of 365
365 Days of Collage

Some work is a trial run, or limited in some way, either in time or materials. It might feed into a series, above, serve as an experiment unto itself, or be consumed by a future iteration.

See all available work together, or for more information about my process and exhibits, see the Context page.