On August 29, 2026, from 5-8pm, Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art will host the opening of a
new exhibition of paintings by Elizabeth Payne that span decades of her career spent in New York,
California, and South Texas. Payne’s work ranges from geometric hard-edge abstraction from the 1970s to
intensely colorful landscapes and portraits, many of which depict South Texas in intimate detail, mixing
abstraction with representation. Her work can defy easy categorization, however the thread that runs
through her work is an eye for beauty in myriad subjects and a grasp of color that presents the viewer
with new ways to view the ordinary.
Elizabeth Payne is originally from the Midwest, and grew up near Chicago, where she found her love of art by taking the train downtown to the Chicago Art Institute. She attended the Cleveland Institute of Art and
earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute. After being accepted to
participate in the 1975 Whitney Biennial, she moved to New York and earned an MFA from Hunter
College. Eventually she moved to Yoakum in 1993 where she continues to paint in her studio
The opening reception, Saturday, August 29th, will feature live entertainment and light refreshments from
5-8PM.