Elizabeth Coats
Growing Painting Series A4 1986

Biography:

Born in New Zealand in 1946, Liz Coats is an abstract painter who has been exhibiting in solo shows since the mid-1970s. She works in series that explore enduring questions about colour perception and spatial relations. She has had a long interest in light-affected surface patterns and the fabric underlying surface appearance. Coats has worked in studios and exhibited paintings in Australia, Japan, China, France, England and New Zealand, while Australia is her primary residence. Her work is included in the major public collections of New Zealand and Australia, including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and Auckland Art Gallery.

Notes:

Liz Coats created four groups of Growing Paintings: two in Sydney in 1986, a third in Tokyo in 1987 and the fourth in Sydney. Coats viewed the paintings as a colour experiment and an opportunity to explore ideas of visual cohesion and interdependence. This work, Growing Painting Series A4, involves interconnected rows of red and blue that create rippling patterns and vivid splashes of colour.