ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
private collection

YELLOW CHICKEN FLOORCLOTH

I intended this to be a floorcloth. The chickens derive from a children's book illustration, but I added the floating squares.

FALL 2003

ACRYLIC ON PAPER
private collection

LEDA & SWAN - SKETCH

I usually sketch out images before I make my reverse paintings. This is a sketch for the Leda and The Swan Series of 2003. It is acrylic on paper.

SUMMER 2003

allan herschell carousel horse greenport ny mixed media liza cowan 2000
mixed meia
private collection

CAROUSEL HORSE

This is a carousel horse by Allen Hershell from the Greenport, NY, carousel. I made a photocopy of a photo I took, then painted in acrylics over the photocopy. Notice the similarity of this horse to the Picasso horse in "The Blue Rider" in the FAKE! series.

SUMMER 1999

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
private collection

BUDDAH WITH FAKE TEXT

I started experimenting with using text behind images. In this one its fake.

FALL 2004

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
private collection

YELLOW FIGURE

I don't know where he came from. I did this right after the Picasso ceramic, so the eyes are a bit like that.

FALL 2004

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
private collection

MISS GAUGIN THE SCHOOL TEACHER

She started as a copy of a Paul Gaugin self portrait, but quickly morphed into this schoolmarmish figure. I added text from Gertrude Stein, and some really random faux math to the blackboard behind her.

FALL 2004

Lisa Sylvette

When I met Lisa in a photography class, I was delighted to discover that she looked startlingly like Sylvette David, the girl who modeled for Picasso in 1954.This is an image I drew in Adobe Photoshop, based on a photograph I took of Lisa.

digital collage by Liza Cowan

virgin in the river

This is a digital collage featuring an Italian creche figure and a 1950's paint by number painting.

Rubin poster and umbrella

A rainy day in New York City, a woman with an umbrella in front of a poster for The Rubin Museum