Artist’s Bio
Elizabeth was raised in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. As a child, her Grandmother’s would help her identify various wild flowers at their cabin above Oakley, Utah. This is where her love of flowers began. “I still have the book where I pressed and categorized wild flowers that my paternal Grandmother helped me with.” She began painting in her early 20’s but soon children became her priority and her love of painting was an occasional hobby. As the children grew, so did her desire to expand on her art. Elizabeth now devotes full time to her art. She has won numerous awards including “Best Still Life” and “Best of Show” at the National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Exhibit and the “Tuffy Berg Award” at the 2008 CM Russell auction.
Her work is in private collections throughout the United States and in the Ella Dunnegan Museum in Bolivar, MO.
Art Associations:
– Signature Member of “Oil Painters of America”
– Signature Member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society
– Master Member of American Women Artist
Magazine Articles:
2012 Feature article in Southwest Art
2010 Feature Article in Art of the West
2009 Artist to Watch in Southwest Art
2008 Feature Article in American Art Collector
2007 Feature Article in American Art Collector
2006 Feature Article in American Artist Magazine
Museum Shows
2008 – 2015 CM Russell Auction
2014 Booth Museum of Western Art
Achievements & Awards:
2015:
Award of Excellence from the “Traces of the West” show in Ogden, Utah
Award of Excellence at the Oil Painters of America Regional Exhibit
Accepted in the “Virtuoso of the Oil Painters of America” show at the Salmugundi Club
2014
Awarded “Best in Show at the NOAPS annual exhibit
Awarded honorable mention at the AIS annual exhibit
Awarded 1st place in the portrait division of the Traces of the West Show
Awarded 2nd place at the American Women Artist show for the Master Division
2013
Awarded 3rd place at the Salon International at the Greenhouse Gallery
Accepted into the OPA National Exhibit and the Salon Exhibit
2012
Accepted into the National Oil Painters of American Exhibit
Accepted into the Salon International Exhibit at the Greenhouse Gallery
2011
Accepted into the Regional division of the Oil Painter’s of America
Awarded Juror’s top 50 at the Salon International Greenhouse Gallery
2010
Feature article in Sept/Oct issue of Art of the West Magazine
Awarded “Best of Show” at The National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society Exhibition
2009
Accepted into the Central Division of the Oil Painters of America Exhibit at Devin
Galleries.
2008
Awarded the “Platinum Palette Award” at the “Best of America 2008” exhibit held at the
Dunnegan Museum of Art, Bolivar, Missouri
Awarded Signature Status with the National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society
Selected in the Jury’s Top 50 at the 2008 Salon International
Featured article in American Art Collector Magazine, May 2008
Winner of the Tuffy Berg Award at the CM Russell Auction
Accepted into the 17th Annual Oil Painters of America Exhibit
Accepted into the Salon International Exhibit (2 Pieces)
“Best Still Life” at the National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ society annual exhibit
2007
Accepted into the National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society “Best of America” Exhibit
Accepted into the OPA Central Divison Annual Exhibit at Southwind Gallery, Topeka,
One Woman Show May 2007 Highlands Art Gallery
Finalist for month of Feb in Raymar Art contest for “First year’s Crop”
Accepted into the 16th annual Oil Painter’s of America National Exhibit.
Listed in Who’s Who in Oil Painters of America
– Accepted into the 2007 Salon International at the Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Finalist for January in Raymar Art contest for “The Black Cowboy”
2006
“Best Still Life” at the National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society annual exhibit
– Feature artist in “American Artist” for December 2006
– Feb 2006 Finalist (2 paintings) Raymar Plein Air (judged by Gregg Kreutz) “Bernardo” and “Turkish Pitcher with Yellow Roses”
2005
Aug/Sept Two Artist Show Your Décor, Kansas City
2004
July/Aug Still Life Show Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona