Artist Statement

Influenced by a Roman Catholic upbringing, punk rock, Erte and Edward Gorey, Hollywood native Elizabeth Mcgrath is one of her generations more unique and prolific artists. She creates in a number of mediums and materials with undeniable artistry and imagination. Her paintings are haunted whispers of color, depicting subtly dangerous creatures that creep toward the edge of the canvas. Her stitched and bandaged dolls and toys are a united army of soft strangeness, and her mixed media dioramas are isolated freak shows displaying rotting, subhuman figures luxuriously dressed for your pleasure or contempt.

Elizabeth McGrath has spent nearly a decade as a stylist and art director for fashion and film. She sings for the band Ms. Derringer. McGrath's work has appeared in numerous books, including Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Underground Art (Last Gasp), Vicious, Delicious, and Ambitious: 20th Century Women Artists (Schiffer), 100 Artist See Satan (Last Gasp), Weirdo Deluxe (Chronicle) and Ox-Op. Paper, The Face, Anthem, Juxtapoz, Cessna, and The Lowdown have embraced her. She has been featured in numerous international group shows and a solo show at La Luz de Jesus gallery in Los Angeles.

The first collected work of Elizabeth McGrath. 112 pages of full-color photos and detail shots . Hardbound with a circular die cut window and gold embossed lettering on the cover

The first collected work of the LA underground art world's favorite wunderkind, Elizabeth McGrath, whose work has appeared in Pop Surrealism, Weirdo Deluxe, and Juxtapoz. 112 pages of full-color photos and detail shots reveal the exquisitely complex details of her sweetly twisted creatures, giving a glimpse of what the Island of Misfit Toys might have become had it been saved by Satan rather than Santa. An illustrated look at a dark little girl's haunted wonderland. Hardbound.

"I love Liz's mystical, magical, creations. They are the kind of creatures I want to keep company with. They make me happy." -Mark Ryden