Liz Von Hagen

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I have a hard time identifying what it is that I do. I have no
intent, no aim to give a message, or portray an idea. I make art because it’s
what I do.

My process is one of experimentation and layering. It is often a
long, slow, push and pull between my own actions and the will of the materials.
I am always open to their suggestions. I can’t find any real regularity in my
process. It seems to be different for every piece, and changes over time- as I
often work on several pieces at once, one of which might be finished in a week
and another might take a year.  It is a thousand tiny step-by-steps that
accumulate into a whole. I use a wide variety of typical and atypical materials,
and a host of weird techniques I’ve developed. My process is one of very little
self-discipline or planning.  It is an utterly self-indulgent process. I
follow whatever incites me.

I paint in the abstract, but also frequently utilize imagery or
include subject matter. I try to let subject matter come to me as it comes, if
it comes. Sometimes there is an idea I am thinking about after all, though it is
only realized after months of image obsession, and reflection on what just came
out. ​