Studio Hozuki

Abstract acrylic artwork by Elizabeth Lee inspired by Nature and People.

07/23/2024

This one is called Divine Catch. Hanging in the home of a Portland collector. Thanks to for the photo.

People often think of me as a painter of bright colors & vibrant energy. But often I paint from a place of helplessness, or, in the case of my mom’s passing, a lot of grief. She was sick for many years. The paintings, over these years of struggle, were certainly my way to cling to positivity, life in its fullest, and reverence for this temporaral existence.

Divine Catch is from a series of pandemic paintings that will be a book, hopefully completed by the end of this year. I’ll share more on that later.

Art, often underfunded, immeasurable and unquantifiable when budget cuts occur, is our lifeline to inspiration, hope, and resilience in the face of the pain of our inexplicable humanity.

I wish you a life full of art and rich in love!

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07/23/2024

Building painting is coming along! Looks all fresh & delightful!

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07/12/2024

Just a shoutout to for my lovely blue velvet couch that has 2 sitting stations. Thank you thank you!!! So comfortable! I love it! Doing oracle readings in that rear corner which is super cozy. The other area is for gazing at the painting wall, which i do a lot of 🤣. If you’re interested in the deck DM me. Free reading with the purchase of a deck. On zoom too!

06/12/2024

My neighbor’s door. She’s a ceramicist.
Also some block prints from several years ago.
Hope your week is going well

05/20/2024

There she is
Tiny green madonna & purple beast
2018-ish

Apologies for not posting in sooooooo long!!!
Thanks to everyone who’s been hanging in there as I setup the new studio & organize inventory (fun, fun, fun).

Lots more coming soon as it’s finally not a disaster zone here!

Happy Monday everyone!

03/04/2024

My favorite feature of the new studio is the outdoor courtyard. Such a huge upgrade for me!

The first painting done in the new studio! Swipe left. The floor!

I was getting carried away at Home Depot with all the color options. I had to remind myself that the floor is not a painting. Otherwise I was about to end up with the deep, purple floor, or a magenta floor. I really had to control myself. So I ended up with the dullest “builders beige“.

before Instagram existed, there was an exhibit at the Asian art Museum, (the new Asian, that was the old San Francisco library, not the one in Golden Gate Park). It was an amazing exhibit and the floor was covered in pink flowers.

There was a Korean nun there who was painting an enormous Buddhist artwork, on the floor. The face of the deity was hidden. The face would be painted last, and ceremonialized later, when they would summon the spiritual deity into the painting.

It certainly made an impression on me, and has influenced my process.

Nonetheless, I restrained myself with the floor.

02/14/2024

Some flowers for you! Happy Valentine’s Day! This one is called Love & Forgiveness. Using the lotuses to wipe away all that muddy stuff❤️

01/30/2024

For those of you out there like me, who start the new year with the Lunar Nee Year, come celebrate with me on Sunday, February 11. I’ll be hosting a Dream Board making workshop in person at Avalon Visions and Soquel Village, right around the corner from The Ugly Mug.

1:00-4:00 PM

$5 Off Early Bird Tickets if purchased before Feb. 1st.

More details here. Copy and paste the link. Or DM me.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/create-your-2024-dream-board-celebrate-the-lunar-new-year-tickets-813548584717

if you want to focus in on your 2024 trajectory, come play with us. Especially if you need to avoid some Super Bowl party. 🤣⭐️

Happy Wood Dragon Year Coming…

01/23/2024

Tuesday flowers for you, and the moon.

01/21/2024

Can never have a big enough brush

01/19/2024

Happy Friday everyone!

01/17/2024

So much fun with today in the studio! Thanks for coming by! Kevin is covering an article coming out soon in . Stay tuned! 🙏🌈

01/10/2024

Some tiny studies on glass.

01/09/2024

Fav walk this weekend

Still ringing in the new year. I guess I’ll be doing that all the way until Chinese new year!

Anything fabulous happen for you this weekend? I would love to know about it!

01/05/2024

I’ve been exploring some new cards for the oracle deck. Some of you may not know, in 2021 I released an oracle deck based on Chinese five elements, Asian archetypes, and the Chinese zodiac. Of the guidebook came out in 2022. Here’s the latest, the Infinity Knot. you can check out more at the deck’s page,

01/04/2024

And the Giveaway winner is…… ⭐️🎉💕🌺🌈

Thanks everyone who played! Once they’re printed I’ll share the link.

Hope everyone’s New Year is off to a fabulous start!

12/18/2023

in the studio

12/08/2023

This one mailed out to Cambridge over the holidays to 🙏🙏🙏💕🌈❤️🥰🌺

Mt. Hua Guo [花果山]
Abstract landscape
Acrylic mixed media painting
2021
18” x 24” | on wood
Santa Cruz, Ca

Many of my paintings are inspired by literature. This fantastical landscape is named after a place in the Chinese Classic, Journey to the West, a 16th century folk novel. Mount Hua Guo, the mountains of flowers and fruit, is where a stone monkey, Sun WuKong. was born.

A quote from the book about the Monkey’s birth is inscribed on the back of the painting. This tale about a Monkey’s Journey to India to find the sacred scriptures that will save all humanity is particularly endearing to me, because my Chinese zodiac sign is Earth Monkey.

I used my mixed media process of printing the base layer with a gelli press, painting layers on top with paint and acrylic inks. Final layers were completed with paint pens and glitter.

11/23/2023

Grateful.

11/23/2023

To your happiness.

11/21/2023

Loved seeing .gallery 12 x 12 show. 2of her pieces on the wall behind us. The circle is an exceptional abstract of the crane yard .artists .

With my homegirl . I’m on the right. Such a fun show. Go vote for your fav three pieces. There’s over 250 contributors this year. Many beauties have sold already…

11/16/2023

.gallery has a fundraiser every year. I like to participate. We are so lucky to have a Cabrillo College here. The teachers are so generous and caring to the students. The gallery curates great art shows as well.

This one, Sweetest in the Gale, is exhibiting at the 12 x 12 exhibit until early December. Opening reception is this Saturday, November 18. Sometime in the afternoon. Check their IG for more details. If you can, check it out and buy some art! It’s supports a beautiful gallery and students!

11/09/2023

Flashback to Open Studios last year

In the artist studio of

That’s her beautiful artwork behind me!

11/02/2023

Happy Dia de los Mu***os friends. Thinking about all the loved ones supporting us from the other side.

This is an older painting.
In the embrace of the ancestors
Sold to a private collection

11/01/2023

Experimenting with some

10/31/2023

In the studio. I do use those chopsticks & toothbrushes to make random marks. The rags were medical waste gifted to me by a fellow artist. Her daughter works in healthcare. I won’t say where. There should be a program to reappropriate all the vast amounts of medical waste that accumulates daily.

The painting is title “The acceptance of all that is.” Painting is complete. I’m still working on the acceptance 😂

Happy Halloween everyone.

10/30/2023

for your Monday

10/27/2023

A little upcycled commission. Fun to paint. Have been varnishing these guys all week with 24 hours between each coat. Last application starts today. Tomorrow I’ll do the base.

Vitaliy was really into these in the hospital. They were on the grocery list for a while post- surgery. I’d been saving the jars because I liked the shape. Now, a year later, I’m happy to see these going out as gift bud vases— containers for flowers— couldn’t be more perfect.

Most of my work cones from this place of resolving pain and trying to transform it into something that makes sense. Always wanting to create beauty, which often fails 😂 but that leads to the next bit.

Have a transformative weekend. What are you up to? I’ll be painting…

10/25/2023

Varnishing time
little studies

07/20/2023

Summer travel pic. This will probably be a green painting someday ❤️ Do you have any summer vacation plans?

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About Studio Hozuki - by Elizabeth Lee

I’m Elizabeth—a painter of abstracts inspired by nature, people included! In today's modern, fast-paced world, it's easy to miss smelling the flowers. I create art hoping to inspire people to slow down and appreciate the little things. To me, our day-to-day moments and internal experiences are what truly matter.

I have followed the atypical path of a creator, like a goat winding up the mountain path. I was 17 when I first discovered Georgia O'Keefe's flowers, from a coffee table book in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Utterly moved by her work, a seed took root in my heart. I was burning with ideas that I wanted to express. My medium has changed over the years, but I've always been a visual artist.

I love the meditative process of painting. It's a way to connect with universal aspects of myself. If it speaks to you, I am honored to be able to share this vision! When the dream of my own artist's studio manifested, I was finally able to create with abandon the works presented here.

I named this space Studio Hozuki after the plant which bears fruit in its dying state. This luscious berry symbolizes new life waiting in transition, after a passing season. It holds a deep secret of life for me, that is, hope eternal. There will be a Spring after Winter. Nature has its cycles, and humans belong that, in spite of modernity.