About Me........... My name is Lizzie Spikes and I am an arts graduate who lives, works and walks on the beautiful West coast of Wales.  I live on the way to the middle of nowhere near Aberystwyth and I create my paintings on canvases fashioned from the driftwood that I find washed up Ceredigions beaches. The planks and other wooden flotsam and jetsam show evidence of their previous uses and users and I try to incorporate this into my work.  I work with and am inspired by the layers of old paint, the nail holes and the man made shapes along with the forms fashioned by the sea in order to create original and inspiring canvases for my painting.  I hope to give these pieces of wood new life and purpose.

I started painting on driftwood as a means of making extra money when my first son was born nearly seven years ago and had work featured in Coast magazine.  I now supply galleries and craft outlets nationwide and have recently received a grant to help me to build a studio and to clear my kitchen table of planks and pots and paints……. I am happy to make things to order so please get in touch via the contact form or ring me on 01974261747 or 07894121968.

I am training my two boys as driftwood foragers and we spend many hours tiring them out on our local stretches of beach.  They are currently happy to be paid in crisps and chocolate but that may change!