Elizabeth (Liz) Venn was born in Manchester and studied Graphic Design at Brighton Art College in the 1970s, where she first began using gouache. Whilst completing a Society of Botanical Artists Diploma, she used primarily watercolour to create delicate and finely detailed representations of flowers. Liz has since gone back to gouache for its bolder, more opaque quality though still keeping to her favourite floral subject matter. Just lately Liz has been painting landscapes in acrylics on canvas.

Living near Portsmouth she taught drawing and painting at South Downs College for fifteen years as well as running her own workshops. Her work has been exhibited at various venues including the Westminster Gallery and with the Society of Floral Painters. In December 2008 she had her first joint exhibition with Steve Tait at the Oxmarket Gallery in Chichester.