About

I'm Elisabeth, an artist based in New England. I create hand-drawn heirloom portraits rooted in light and restraint.

I started my formal training at Paier College of Art (BFA, magna cum laude, 2009) as a photography major. I loved black-and-white photography and its emphasis on light, value, and form. After a year, I shifted my studies to fine art, where still life and portraiture became the focus of my work. That early study of photography still influences the way I approach every portrait today.

My work is shaped by my classical training at Paier and by New England itself, a place that values understated beauty, craftsmanship, and things made to last.

Each portrait is drawn by hand in graphite on Stonehenge cotton paper, then professionally matted and framed in off-white solid wood.

My portraits can be found in homes throughout New England and across the United States.

View examples of my work here.

Begin a portrait here.