Liz Parkinson is a self-taught artist from Australia who lives on the edge of a rainforest near the sea. It's a very, very nice place with a lovely mild climate. She does striking black ink drawings, with an emotive edge, and finds her images in her subconscious. Even in a nice place you can't escape your demons, and they have a habit of regularly cropping up in her work. She hasn't always been an artist, but initially graduated with a degree in Economics and subsequently taught for a while. However she later abandoned that (wisely!) and travelled everywhere. She has had careers in silversmithing and art, and her work has appeared in assorted outsider art exhibitions in Australia and elsewhere.