10 Works You Should Know: Savannah Liddicoat

Written By Veronica Harvey

Artist Savannah Liddicoat hails from Queensland Australia and is now based in the Central Coast. She recently presented her final art showcase at the Red Tree Theatre in Tuggerah, NSW Australia to culminate her BFA from Brigham Young University.

We asked Savannah to round up 10 works to emerge from our culture that she thinks people should know. As the former co-curator and co-director of JKR Gallery in Provo Utah, her list is a colorful sample of some of the most vibrant voices in the Utah spiritual & religious contemporary art scene—plus a few from far beyond.

1

Grace Vargason
Cover Crops
Mixed media, 8 x 8 inches
Used with permission

2

Mitch Mantle (American, 1989)
Orange-Red Man (2021)
Acrylic and collage on canvas
62.5 × 82.5 inches
Used with permission

3

Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)
Saint Sebastian
Oil on canvas, 56 11/16 × 24 5/8 inches
Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art

4

Tyler J. Alexander
Lamentation
Acrylic on panel, 20 × 30 inches
Used with permission

5

Sarah Hawkes
Crown of Thorns(2025)
Oil painting on cradled panel, 12 × 12 inches

6

Jennifer Barton (American, b. 1961)
Escalante Kitchen (2025)
Oil on canvas, 25.5 × 25.5 inches
Used with permission

7

Eleanor Tribe
Exiting the Garden (I thought I was at the park with you but really I was at the park by myself)
Oil on canvas, 62 × 62 inches

8

Mimi Stice (Kazakh American, b. 2001)
Untitled, (2026)
Ceramic, horse hair & synthetic hair, 15 × 15 × 42 inches

9

J. Kirk Richards (American, b. 1976)
Zaccheus (2016)
Oil on panel, 24 x 16 x 1 inches

10

Ryann Woods Ham
Dream Journal (2024) note that this image depicts the human figure.
48 × 60 inches

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