Elizabeth Prenger's art is an expression of those fleeting encounters with nature and the deep feelings they inspire. Elizabeth gently asks the viewer to embrace those moments so often drowned out by the many distractions of modern life. Her emotions colour her work as she sings with her brush, mapping each intention to the canvas.
 

Biography

            Elizabeth's lifelong love of art began with cartoons. She was a bona fide cartoon buff. From an early age she was fascinated by the unlimited ability of illustrations to communicate. It became her language. As a child Elizabeth spent her days sketching. When she wasn't sketching she was hunting for paper to sketch on. She delighted her friends and family with uncanny caricatures. She wrote stories and invented characters. At ten she produced a comic book series titled “Super Cat,” about the exploits of a precocious feline who fought Martian cockroaches.

            For Elizabeth, the language of art has always been a natural way to express love. Elizabeth has always loved fishing and wandering the coast. As a child she would help gut fish and pull up the crab trap. These quintessential west coast experiences have been a deep well of inspiration.

            Elizabeth's pursuit of adventure and inspiration led her to Australia. As much as she loved her hometown, her island, it could not contain her forever. The wider world beckoned. She immersed herself in her painting. The journey became a quest to find her artistic style. The Australian beaches were beautiful, lush, and warm but there was never any doubt her quest would lead her back to the West Coast of Canada. The Pacific Ocean, the vast space between these two worlds became her focus. The boats that cross it and the creatures that live within it all became fellow travellers on an artistic voyage that would define her.

            After a young lifetime defined and coloured by art, Elizabeth is ready to take on more challenges and cultivate more skills. She believes strongly in the cathartic power of art and is pursuing a career in illustration and graphic design. Expressing love and natural beauty through art is her life's work, a work very much still in progress.

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