Geologist Turned Oil Painter

Like the more famous Jamie Wyeth and Raphael Peale, Liz Bartlett Culp comes from a family of artists. It was the one thing she and her sisters were encouraged to do growing up. Her parents were always making things:  Mom original needlepoint designs; Dad elaborate bird carvings. One of her sisters is a mural painter and another is an interior designer.

 

A Petroleum Geologist by profession, painting was the creative outlet that complemented her day job of 30-plus years.

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Now retired, she paints full time, both in the studio and en plein air. Liz has worked in watercolors, 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 Far West Texas.

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She makes her home in Midland and Fort Davis, Texas.