Liz Skewes Shaffer graduated from Mississippi State University with a BA in Commercial Art. Liz resides in the Mississippi Delta with her wonderful and supportive husband, Ron. She started her career as a landscape designer. Liz is an accomplished professional artist who recently retired from teaching in the public school system in Texas. She has taught art in the public and private sector for the last 35 years. Art has always been a part of her life. Liz attributes this passion for the fine arts to her family. Her father was an architect, and her mother was a professional water-colorist and sculptor. Both of Liz’s sisters are professional artists and were art teachers. Liz finds great joy painting in oil, acrylic, and watercolor.