Artist Member
Earth Soothes Me, and other books
4 3/4 × 3 1/4″
Mixed media
Coptic bound
Two Months
4 1/4 × 6 3/4″
Mixed media
Accordion bound
Liz’s Pies and Cakes
10 × 7 1/2″
Mixed Media
Altered book
Liz Bailey Nania 
BIO
Liz Bailey Nania is a Boston-based artist working in painting, textile art and book arts. Liz has been continuously making art since she could first wield a crayon. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree cum laude from Boston University College of Fine Arts and taught art for ten years. She has exhibited in four solo shows and in numerous group shows.
When not making art, she works as the director and founder of OUT to Dance, a swing, salsa and ballroom dance studio for adults.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My art explores themes of human connection, love, celebration, the personal sacred, my experience as a woman and as a lesbian, new beginnings, and occasionally social change. I rarely plan my semi-abstract imagery; it emerges intuitively while I’m painting with a language of symbols that have organically grown in my work. Floating circles rise up, bound for new adventures; grounded nests may envelop, offering protection in times of turbulent change. Orbs emerge like rising suns, suggesting stability and strength, overseeing life’s storms.
My books are primarily intimate structures in which to create and share original artwork, up close and personal, in the palm of one’s hand.