Elizabeth Kay www.pytheaproductions.com The daughter of two writers (one a long-time professor of literature at the University of South Florida), Elizabeth Kay was raised in an intellectual environment that promoted discernment and a "distanced" perspective on things. (I can say this with authority because I knew her parents and have known Liz since she was a kid.) It shows in her work, which has ranged from paint to lithography to pencil drawings. She seems focused on the inner lives of her subjects, their yearnings and desires, actual motivations. You don't think this way without some early exposure to Socratic dialogue that pushes back and demands strategic views. Most people's songs, for instance, are about their own feelings. Liz, in her art, is more inclined to explore "the other," and she typically does it with humor and whimsy. Elizabeth wrote a book a few years back that explored the folk traditions of Native American and Spanish Colonial settlers of the Chimayo, New Mexco area. Her paintings, which she does on commission and as part of a folk art series, turn those traditions in on themselves to humorous effect as she mirrors the humanity of her subjects, who in some cases are her clients. Her work is by turns subtle and ornery and funny. It has been showcased at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and cards of her paintings have been distributed throughout the U.S. Liz's other passion in life is music. There she tends toward ancient folk and languorous ballads, again the vista being space. That said, she and I used to do a mean version of Delaney and Bonnie's "Never Ending Love For You," so she's not beyond rowdy drinking songs. She plays guitar and piano and writes songs, but she's not typically confessional, more inclined toward arcane folk of another time. She, by the way, is a trained martial artist who has kicked my ass on numerous occasions.		The Very Good Book Fairy	Our Lady of the Not So Barren Tree
		Elizabeth Kay (captured on film by John Boland) at the Andrew Smith Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico
ELIZABETH KAY MP3s East Virginia - Accompanied on bass and guitar by RAR The Poplars - Consider it a literary mashup of tragic poet William Cowper (1731-1800) and '60s icon Donovan    Copyright © Elizabeth Kay. All Rights Reserved.	Santo Pinhole	Santa Rita Casita	Our Lady of