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Liz was encouraged to paint and draw from an early age by her Art Teacher father, Richard Goulding who was trained at the Hornsey College of Art in London.

Whilst going to school she entered many art competitions and won many awards, once getting both 1st and 3rd prize when she submitted two entries.

After leaving school Liz trained as a Graphic Design Artist and worked in Sydney in the large advertising department of an American Company.

She painted and sold her work until having a family when art took a back seat for a while. As her children grew up Liz ran successful antique shops, the last one being on the mid north coast.

After a serious illness in 2007, Liz decided that her priority was to paint again and closed the antique shop.

With her husband, well-known sculptor Leigh Morgan, she travelled to Europe where she was immersed in the art of the great European painters, as together Liz and Leigh visited every art gallery they came across.

In fact every summer, Liz and Leigh went back to Europe, making friends with people in France and visiting Liz's relatives in England.

Basing themselves in the small village of Fournes near Avignon Liz was able to use a room full of light at the top of their house as her studio and it was here that she developed her interest in collages. At weekends she was able to scour the village markets for antique French lace and now she has a large collection of unusual items to use in her collages.

Since 2015, Liz and Leigh travel each year to France in April and live in their own 16th century stone house in Le Vigan, in the south of France, spending the summer months there until October when they return to Australia.

Liz has a studio at the top of their house looking out over the market square with mountains in the background. Here she spends many hours painting. Le Vigan is a town which embraces art and music and Liz and Leigh have been warmly accepted into the community.

Liz has an historical connection to France as her maternal grandfather and great uncle fought there during WW1. Her great uncle was killed and is buried in the North.

Liz continues to paint and do her collages in both France and Australia and exhibits and sells her work in both countries. She enjoys the different stimuli she experiences in Australia and France and her work is represented in collections in both these countries as well as in Scotland and England. Her work is displayed here for your perusal, so please enjoy the journey.