Northern Vermont has been the foundation for fifty years as Elizabeth Nelson explores the colder climate and landscapes of Vermont, Iceland and Norway in her paintings. The paintings are comments on the beauty of these harsh environments and their fragility as our climate changes. Storms, immense peace and sometimes unearthly beauty are expressed in a call to protect the fragile balance of our lives with the changing earth.

Elizabeth Nelson was born in New York City and moved to Connecticut with her family. She began painting when she was eight.

She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and then lived in Guatemala for a year. After receiving a Master’s degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she lived in Massachusetts and now has lived in northern Vermont for over fifty years where she raised her children. She has been a teacher, dairy farmer, museum curator and always a painter.

She has exhibited throughout Vermont and New England as well as in juried shows in Reykjavik, Iceland, Wisconsin, New York, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Her work was featured prominently in the “Art of Vermont” exhibit which toured state-wide. As part of a three person show, Burlington City Arts exhibited her work and she was also in two “Of Land and Local” exhibits at BCA which included a residency in Elmore State Park, VT. She has had two solo shows at the Vermont Supreme Court. Her work is in many private collections and in the Vermont State Permanent Art Collection. Four paintings are a permanent installation of public art at the State Police Barracks in Derby VT and four paintings are also installed at the Royalton Department of Public Safety, She was a resident at the Vermont Artist Week at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson VT, and a resident for a month each in 2017 and 2018 at the SÍM (Association of Icelandic Artists) in Reykjavik Iceland.