"Elsewhere" - Artwork by Lizzi Aronhalt

In "Elsewhere", Lizzi Aronhalt continues her ongoing exploration of place, memory, and personal history through drawing and painting. Her work is rooted in a desire to understand the world through observation and reflection, using painting as a way to process both the ordinary and the profound. This body of work looks outward at familiar landscapes across Northeast Ohio while also turning inward, examining how these places are intertwined with emotion, memory, and lived experience.
The paintings move between representation and abstraction, capturing fleeting impressions of architecture, neighborhoods, and figures that feel simultaneously specific and universal. This series marks a renewed engagement with the human figure, as Aronhalt reflects on the presence of family and personal relationships over time. The shifting nature of these relationships mirrors her evolving connection to place—complex, layered, and constantly changing. "Elsewhere" offers glimpses of that transformation, inviting viewers to consider how the places they know shape who they are.

More about the artist: Lizzi Aronhalt is a Northeast Ohio–based artist whose work centers on painting and drawing as tools for understanding memory, place, and the passage of time. Working primarily in acrylic and mixed media, she creates semi-abstract landscapes and cityscapes informed by local architecture and personal experience. Aronhalt has completed numerous public art projects and murals throughout the region and has been a resident artist at Summit Artspace for several years. Her work reflects a deep commitment to both her personal studio practice and the communities she lives and works within.