About liz Gold

LIZ GOLD is a mixed media artist and writer born and raised in Portland, Maine. She returned to her home state after 15 years of living between New York and Portland, Oregon.

A versatile writer, LIZ GOLD is a storyteller at heart. With more than 20 years of work experience in the journalism, communications and marketing worlds, she brings her unique style to everything she does. LIZ can make the most mundane topic exciting, is known for simplifying the complex, and guiding people to find their voice and creative expression.

She has created and produced several independent creative projects, such as her blog, “14 Karat Living,” which chronicled her move from Portland, Maine to New York City for 10 years; a podcast, “Conversations with Liz Gold,” which interviewed guests about their stories of strength, courage, and resiliency; and an e-book called, “45 or Die: A True Tale of Digging Out of Depression,” about her experience treating depression with psilocybin. In between, she has produced and hosted podcasts, reported on the cannabis industry, and helped business owners and creative people get their messages out into the world, through her former company, Rhino Girl Media.

Many things shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2021, she dug herself out of a deep depression by taking psilocybin (aka magic mushrooms). The experience opened her up and she had a vision of herself painting at an easel in her garage. A few months later, she picked up a paintbrush and intuitively started painting. She hasn’t stopped since.

Her mixed media abstract paintings draw together feelings of nostalgia, emotion, movement, and transformation.

Since she started painting in April 2021, LIZ GOLD has been featured in an article published by Artsy Shark called “Artists Speak About Mental Health;” was accepted into The Other Art Fair in Los Angeles; participated in True North Studio’s Summer Artist’s Market in Portland, Oregon; showed her work in a solo show at Full City Rooster in Portland, Oregon; and placed as a finalist in Tokeativity’s Blue Dream Art Contest. Her abstract paintings can be found in the healing space, Aureo, where there are offerings around psychedelic integration and spiritual counseling.

LIZ GOLD was also part of a group exhibition and spoke about her discovery of painting through psychedelics at the “I HeART Connections” show, created by the Art Therapy Institute of North Carolina. She also had two paintings in the group exhibition, “RUMPUS: An Egalitarian Art Show,” presented by Hydra Art Collective and hosted by Engine in Biddeford, Maine. She exhibited several of her paintings at the Upper West Side Short Film Festival in New York City, in collaboration with the Greenhouse Ensemble and Goddard Riverside Arts Program. In the fall of 2022, she participated in an NFT Artist Residency with HeyLayer, a Web3 launchpad, based in Brooklyn, New York.

Her work has also been shown in the art gallery at the Equality Community Center with the Rainbow Arts Collective in Portland, Maine, and in the group exhibition, ARTPM 2023: The Teenager, at Buoy Gallery in Kittery, Maine.

LIZ GOLD participated in a virtual group exhibition, WOMEN [ONLY] II, curated by BROUHAHA Art Gallery in Hong Kong. In May 2023, her work was also featured in the magazine Canvas Rebel, where she was interviewed about her creative journey. In 2024, a follow-up article delving deeper into her story was published here.

In November 2023, LIZ GOLD showed her work in a solo exhibition at the Lakeside Contemporary Art Gallery in Rangeley, Maine. She is currently developing apparel, accessories and home decor from her paintings.

Through her company, LIZ GOLD, LLC, aside from creating paintings and making wearable art, LIZ offers creative guidance and writing and editing services. Most of her paintings are for sale and she loves to take on commissions.

Artist Statement

As an abstract painter, this medium is all about discovery, listening to my intuition, and allowing myself to embody spirit. I love the spontaneity of abstract painting, the movement, the texture, the color - I believe in neon all year long! I love the WOW factor I feel when I see another abstract painting that resonates, the visceral response that almost takes over. And I deeply appreciate the unburying of my gift to do my own version of this. Painting is where I can take risks, where I can safely explore the world around me and the feelings that emerge. As an intuitive artist, I enjoy sharing my paintings as they are a direct expression of my soul. My work is about discovery, finding light after a period of darkness, and following flow into joy. I want to create beautiful things and inspire others to find what is calling them and follow their heart to go do it.