After working as a commercial artist for thirty years, Liz Kenyon began a second career as a professional pastelist. Much of her soft pastels reflect her early life in a small agricultural town in the Pajaro Valley. Her fertile surroundings of Eucalyptus groves, oak covered hills, and rows of leafy crops can be seen in her lush landscapes. Liz attended college in Tucson, Arizona, where she studied art and continued with printmaking and ceramics at Arizona State University in Phoenix.

While preferring the warm climate of the desert to work in, she still visits her homeland to photograph and record the environment before it is built over. "My subject matter is filled with emotional connections for me. For example, I have fond memories of fishing with my Father, and in my picture "Catch of the Day" I try to describe my warm feelings for him." Liz has received several awards through the Arizona Association of Pastel, Sedona Arts Center and Scottsdale Artists' League.