Like the more famous Jamie Wyeth and Raphael Peale, Liz Bartlett Culp comes from a family of artists. “It was the one thing we were encouraged to do when we were growing up. Grandma would keep us entertained for hours by suggesting things for us to draw. ‘Draw an elephant! Draw a tractor!’ Mom and Dad were always making things: Mom, original needlepoint designs and Dad elaborate bird carvings.” One of her sisters is a mural painter and another is an interior designer.

 

Liz took art classes starting at age 12 and continued off and on through high school and while

raising two children. Painting was a spare time pursuit during her 30-year career as a Petroleum Geologist. Since retiring in 2020, Liz has been painting full time. Geology combines multiple sciences and requires creativity, so the transition was an easy one.

 

Liz has worked in watercolor, pastels and acrylics, with her current focus on oils. She loves to paint
flowers and land- and skyscapes, especially of the Big Bend area and the Davis Mountains of Texas. She has taken classes and workshops from well-known artists such as David Leffel, Scott Christensen and Douglas Fryer, and she has won awards in juried shows for her work in all mediums.The artist makes her home in Midland and Fort Davis, Texas.
Awards:
2021 Best in Show Midland Arts Association Members’ Show and Sale
2022 Best in Show San Angelo Art Club Fiesta in Realism Show
2022 Best in Show San Angelo Art Club West Texas Regional Juried Art Show and Sale
2022 Best in Show Midland Arts Association 45 th Annual Juried Fall Show
Third Place, 2023 Paint the Town Plein Air Competition, Marble Falls, TX
First Place, Oils: 2023 San Angelo Art Club Fiesta in Realism
First Place, Midland Arts Association 45 th Annual Juried Spring Show, 2024
Recent Honors:
Exhibitor, 2022, 2023, 2024 Plein Air Painters of New Mexico 14 th , 15 th , 16 th Annual Juried Exhibits, Taos and Santa Fe, NM
Exhibitor, 2023 Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Charleston, SC
Outstanding Realism Painting, 2023 West Texas Regional Juried Art Show, San Angelo Art Club
Juried Participant, 2024 Plein Air Painters of New Mexico “Paint New Mexico!” Albuquerque
2025: Solo artist show, “The Painted Desert,” Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX