Elizabeth was a teacher in the public school system for 34 years, retiring in 2003. After traveling for six months, she decided to take up water colour painting, a long held dream. She has recently added mixed media, encaustics, silk painting, pastels and acrylics to media used and is now also painting with watercolour on canvas and clayboard. She says that the act of painting calms as well as energizes her, “but mostly it challenges my mind”.

     Growing up in Flin Flon caused the spirit of the boreal forest to be imprinted on her soul and thus the boreal forest forms the subject of many of her paintings. Experiences from her travels influence many others. Eclectic is the best word to describe the totality of her collection.

     Elizabeth has exhibited and sold her work at many venues, locally and internationally. In 2008 she was accepted into the Manitoba Society of Artists. She is past-president of Local Colour Art Group. www.localcolourart.ca

Phone: (204) 661-0652
Email: delgatty@shaw.ca