Elizabeth’s work is a search for the beyond, a pursuit dedicated to moving from that which does not exist to the possibility of what may arise. Rooted in the spiritual, she enters her creative process through the portal of the spirit within. Elizabeth acknowledges and exposes through drawing, painting, writing poetry, and assemblage, the profound layered interconnected contradictions of humanity; the pull between right and wrong, indifferent and attentive, and ever-present longing for the spiritual. Her work does not reconcile these differences. It does not accept their separateness. Her expression stands in opposition to prevailing rules and practices. It dares to embrace the total experience of being human.

Through the spontaneous intuitive process of automatism, Elizabeth’s abstract drawings and paintings become a physical record of her unconscious thoughts and feelings. It is a call and response to a universe within that frees her to see, with a renewed perspective, the world and herself. Working on paper, wood, or canvas with mixed media and a dynamic range of implements, expressive strokes, drips, and marks reveal a raw immediate record of the unknown. Seams and uneven surfaces are evidence of her imperfection and transformative process. In their state of becoming, lines and distilled figures evoke a whole, tied to some ‘thing’ larger.

She designs and assembles disparate elements that can only become a three-dimensional sculpture by the unexpected—where emphasis through contrast and juxtaposition depict bonds between human beings.

Her poetry has been anthologized, most recently in easing the edges: a collection of everyday miracles, Friends of the Boerne Public Library, 2021.

Drawing from life and memory, she invites the viewer to consider the unnamed beyond words. Elizabeth seeks to arouse the obscure, to arouse love: the force that unites us all. Through her work, she hopes to invite and encourage others to explore their own creative lives and to honor the essence of being human.