Liz Lemon Swindle
has a deep, abiding faith that she feels blessed to share through her art. A
lifelong Utah resident, she studied fine arts at Utah State University. She
worked for several years as a set designer and painter for the Osmond Studios
television production company. As her family grew (she and her husband Jon
Swindle today have five children), she saw the need for a more flexible career
and decided to focus on oil painting. In the early 1980s she tutored under
renowned wildlife artist Nancy Glazier and soon after established her own
impressive reputation as a wildlife painter, participating in shows at major
galleries in the central and western United States.
However, Lemon Swindle became increasingly discontent, feeling
artistically and spiritually unfulfilled. In October 1988 she reached a turning
point when she submitted a portrait of children to the National Arts for the
Parks competition and received the coveted Founders' Favorite award. She
realized then that there was an audience for her portrait painting and by the
early 1990s she had devoted herself to the topic closest to her heart: her
faith. A one-woman show of her Christian art traveled to cities nationwide in
the summer of 1997 and a book of her paintings, "She Shall Bring Forth a
Son" was published in 1998.
