Liz Knox graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1971 where she studied drawing and painting under Sir Robin Philipson and David Michie.
Liz Knox spent years bringing up her sons and lecturing in fine art, with little time to paint, until 2003 when she decided to leave lecturing to paint full time - on the same day Knox was awarded prestigious The Aspect Art Prize. Since then her art work become increasingly sought after and as Jan Patience of The Herald says: “Liz Knox has gone on to become one of Scotland's most collectable contemporary artists”.
Liz Knox is the recipient of numerous art awards including: The Bessie Scott Award at PAI ;
The Diploma of the Paisley Art Institute, “PAI” The University of Paisley Award and
The Blythswood Square Quaich at GSWA. She is included in The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945 by David Buckman; Who's Who in Art 33rd Edition and Who's Who in Scotland 18th Edition
Liz Knox is an elected artist member of The Glasgow Art Club, Paisley Art Institute, Visual Arts Scotland and The Glasgow Society of Women Artists. Knox is at present, President of Paisley Art Institute and a council member of The Glasgow Art Club.
Taking about her paintings Liz Knox says: “There is a personal reaction to the subject. The still life and outdoor works are my response to the subject on a particular occasion. Other work is more difficult to explain. It's to do with thoughts, random thoughts, daydreams, reminiscences, the scattered disconnected ephemera that skips back and forth in the mind. Sometimes there's a span of years between one end of the connection and the other. While, like the still life/landscape work, there is objectivity, I think the subjective aspect of all the work is primary. Visual imagery attracts me but the sensation from the source is the reason for the painting. Basically, I paint.”
