timeline

2023: Elected to the SWLA (Society of Wildlife Artists)

2023: The RSW Watermark Award

2023: Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, Creative Scotland

2022: shortlisted for the Highland Art Prize

2022: Elected as Associate member of the SWLA (Society of Wildlife Artists)

2021: The SWLA Birdwatch and Swarovski Optik Bird Artist of the Year Award

2021: The RSW Scottish Artists' Benevolant Association Award

2020: elected Associate Artist Unison Colour Pastel

2019: The RSW Dumfries House Residency Award

2018: SWLA Seabird Drawing Course Bursary Award

2017: Elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW)

2017: Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, Creative Scotland

2013: The Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Award

2012: The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) David Cargill Award

2011: Dundee Visual Arts Award

2008: The RSW Winsor and Newton Award

Bio

Liz Myhill RSW SWLA is a Scottish artist whose observational works are gathered through working 'en plein air' directly from life. A deep-rooted connection to her native Isle of Skye and the rugged landscape of the Highlands and Islands continues to shape her life and work, providing a wealth of inspiration.

The act of walking, watching and recording, whether fleeting or through lengthy study, allows Liz to forge a connection with her subjects and evoke a sense of places and encounters. Although field works are often an end in themselves, some are also developed into studio paintings and printmaking. Pursuit of creative development and a sense of adventure have led to a number of expeditions further afield on artist residencies and study trips which continue to inform ongoing practice. These have led Liz as far afield as India, Cuba and South America.

Liz studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee and has since exhibited her work throughout the UK, regularly showing with societies such as the Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and Society of Wildlife Artists. She has received a number of awards including an international Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Award and in 2021 received the Swarovski Optik and Birdwatch Bird Artist of the Year Award. In 2017 she was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour with whom she has exhibited both nationally and internationally and in 2023 was elected to the Society of Wildlife Artists.

Liz now splits her time between Highland Perthshire with a studio at Perth Creative Exchange and the Isle of Skye as well as numerous field trips throughout the year to work directly in the midst of some of Scotland’s finest wildlife and landscapes.