Artist Statement

Much of my childhood was spent belly-flat to the well-worn wooden-planked docks of Friday Harbor, WA. From this vantage point, I observed billowing seaweed, spiky urchins, darting shrimp, scuttling crabs, and nubby barnacles. My lips tasted of salt; my ears filled with the sounds of boat engines and pilings creaking; my nose inhaled scents of varnish and diesel gasoline. Decades later I am still in awe of these dynamic images, textures, shapes, and patterns; working them into the tapestry of my artwork.

These sense memories intertwine with my studies of Jungian psychology, dream interpretation, mythology, symbolism, folktales, and folklore. I studied printmaking, writing, and psychology at The New School, graduating in 2008. Jungian archetypes and the unconscious’ language of symbols are woven into my collagraph plates, linocuts, jewelry, and collages. I create my own personal myth through the symbols I carve from linoleum blocks or cut from mat board. I embellish the collagraph plates with carborundum powders, embossed papers, leaves, and flowers; creating stories through tones and textures.

Nature, imagination, and dreamworlds were places of escape for me as a child. My art represents a careful reconsideration of how chaos can be transformed through creative agency, an agency I lacked as a child but have since reclaimed. The layered details and symbolic meanings of my completed works represent my ongoing journey.

Associations and Collectives

Elizabeth is proud to be an Artist Member of the Marblehead Art Association. She is a member of the Monotype Guild of New England, Newburyport Art Association, and EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.

Some Past Shows

August 10 - September 22, 2024: A select show with the Marblehead Art Association at their satellite gallery, Lynch-Van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead, MA.

July 26-28, 2024: Rolling River Printmakers “Notes From Our Sketchbook” @New England SketchBook in Newburyport, MA

July 4-7, 2024: Marblehead Arts Festival in Marblehead, MA. *Labyrinth in Sea foam won an Honorable Mention.

June 22 - August 4, 2024: Marblehead Art Association “Summer Member Show” in Marblehead, MA

June - Fall of 2024: Alter Hair Salon Solo Art Show in Newburyport, MA

June 8, 2024: Collagraph Demo and Rolling River Printmakers Exhibit @ Artist & Craftsman Supply in Saugus, MA

May 2024: Rolling River Printmakers “Hung Up On Impression” @Newburyport Framers in Newburyport, MA

April 18 - May 31, 2024: "Earth, Wind, Fire" Annual EFA RBPMW Members Exhibition @Arts for Peace Gallery at the International Student Center NYC

March 23 – May 22, 2024: "abstracted" @alchemy + art in Amesbury, MA

February 2024: Rolling River Printmakers exhibit @Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, MA

January 2024: Rolling River Printmakers “Formed by Impression” @art + alchemy in Amesbury, MA