ARTIST STATEMENT
"In each of my drawings I endeavor to celebrate nature within a time and space beyond the place of inspiration. In this way, I invite the viewer to enter my world and, by so doing, make it their own.

Not all my subjects are mature and statuesque trees. Often a simple copse or hedgerow that has stood for many years unnoticed catches my eye. Nature in its untended form inspires me, whether it be bowed by weather or hindered by sharing light and space with its surroundings. In my work I try to convey the clarity, beauty and simple majesty of the commonplace, otherwise so easily taken for granted.

Whether it be a woodland of my native English beech or the windswept conifers of the Pacific Northwest, I seek to blend the precision of the Victorian engraver with a contemporary appreciation of light, color and texture. The intricacy of my drawing is achieved with a crow quill nib, with nib reversed for the finest of lines. Every pen stroke is final and so the finished picture is slowly built, one stroke at a time."

BACKGROUND
Before her arrival in the U.S. from her native England, Elizabeth exhibited extensively for The English National Trust, Woodland Trust, and many National Galleries. The English Woodland Trust, as a Limited Edition, issued a series of Woodland Trees. A Limited Edition of six tree portraits was also issued through the London Sunday Times. Her work was also the subject of a BBC film. Recently she has spent much time in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Japan.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2006
• Celebration, Columbia Tower, Seattle
• Art Buffet, Silverdale, WA
• Columbia Tower Club Gallery, Seattle
2005
• Flamingo Gallery, Redmond, WA
2004
• Women's Work, The Gallery, Olympic College, Bremerton, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Exhibition, Flamingo Gallery, Redmond, WA
2003
• The Tree, The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
• Celebration of the Trees, University of Oregon Museum of Natural History, Eugene, OR
• Artist in Residence, The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
• Featured Artist for April, Barnes and Noble, Silverdale, WA
• Black and White The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
• Selected Artist - East Shore Gallery, Bellevue, WA
2002
• The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
• Reflections, WPW Juried Exhibition, Olympic College, Bremerton, WA
• WPW Annual Juried Exhibitiion, Burien Gallery, Burien, WA
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
• Northwest Design Center, Poulsbo, WA
• West Sound Academy, Poulsbo, WA
2005
• 'Awe and Wonder' Grace Church, Bainbridge Island, WA
2004
• WARD Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI
2003
• Celebration of the Trees, University of Oregon Museum of Natual History, Eugene, OR
2002
• The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
1998
• Northwest College of Art - Freeman Gallery, Poulsbo, WA
1990
• Serenade Gallery, Barbican, Plymouth, Devon

COMMISSIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
• 2006 Featured Artist in 'Drypoint' American Artist Drawing Spring 2006 Edition
• 2006 Featured Artist in Spring 2006 Scotch Broom magazine
• 2004 Selected Artist, "Extreme Home Makeover" Winter Series 1st Edition
• 2004 Featured Artist in Fall Scotch Broom magazine
• 2002 Featured Artist in Winter 2001/Spring2002 Exhibition magazine
• 2001 Series of drawings of Western Red Cedars for United Nations Commission for The Rights of the Child
• 2001 Douglas Fir, tree preservation portrait for Dr. Nancy Mcfadden, Eugene, OR
• 2000 Featured Artist, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 Exhibition magazine
• 1999 Portrait of Sorbus scorpulina for The Washington Park Arboretum
• 1991 Commemorative series, woodland portraits,The English Woodland Trust's foremost Preservation Sites.
• 1990 BBC documentary and interview, detailing the artist's approach from first sketch to completed picture
• 1990 Limited edition prints of Six English Trees issued through the London Sunday Times
• 1986 Illustrations for Moments, a collection of work by the poet Jean Whitfield
 
TEACHING
2003
• Demonstration - Celebration of the Trees, University of Oregon Museum of Natural History, Eugene, OR
• Gallery Talks, Demonstrations and Artist in Residence – Bainbridge Arts and Crafts
2002
• Workshop – Drawing from Nature – Bainbridge Arts and Crafts
• Gallery Talk – The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts
1991
• Learning from Galleries – Presentation and Display of Art and Design, NCUK, Shah Alam, Malaysia
1982
• The Artist Teaches – Workshop in Drawing from Nature - ages 7 thro 10 - Bere Alston School
1980 – 1986
• Summer School – Freedom in Art and Design – ages 7 thro 10 Bere Alston School, Devon, England

AWARD
2006 Artist Trust GAP Award to further 'Arboreta' Drypoint Engraving Series
2006 Edmonds Art Festival – Drawing Section
2006 Edmonds Art Festival – Print Section
2003 ADG Printing Award
2002 Modern Postcard Company Award for "Alders at the Pond"