About the artist

Elisabeth Arbuckle is a graphic designer by training, an art teacher by experience and a forever artist by practice.

Born in Wales, she attended art schools in the U.K. where she started her teaching career, working in England, The Bahamas and eventually Canada.

“Teaching gave me the opportunity to share my love and enjoyment of art and creativity, but to also receive new ideas, to share different approaches and to create a visual dialogue with the students".

With retirement comes a new direction. “I came late to the joys of Canadian cottage life and the pleasure of waking to mornings at the lake and witnessing the ever changing hum of life. The rhythms and patterns in nature have been a constant in my work, from the minutiae of a leaf to the grandeur of a mist enshrouded lake. Recently I have had the pleasure of working in my bunkhouse studio at the cottage, where I can reflect on these changes as well as the changes in my own life”

Elisabeth is currently represented by Electric Street Gallery

She maintains a studio at The Nepean Creative Arts, Stafford Studios where the public can view her artwork by appointment. She also exhibits her work with a number of groups around Ottawa, including

Foyer Gallery  http://foyergallery.com

OMMA  http://www.omma.co

Arteast http://www.arteastottawa.com

Nepean Fine Arts League http://nepeanfinearts.com

Elisabeth was a core artist at The Crichton Street Gallery (closed Feb 2020)

Read more about Elisabeth at Ottawa Life Magazine February / March 2016   https://issuu.com/ottawalifers/docs/olm_feb_2016