Gardening
Our one acre farm-ette preserves the North-Boulder-Dog-Patch tradition. There’s lots of found-metal junk and a make-do kind of garden. Function, hardiness, ease and economy take precedence over perfection.

I flood irrigate with Silver Lake Ditch water, which has influenced my landscape design, as have the deer (recently fenced out, hooray!).  Two years ago, my husband and I put in 977 Christmas trees to supplement our art income and our large vegetable garden. 

I like geometric forms in the garden: straight lines and circles.  I enjoy the contrast between hard-scape geometry and organic plant shapes.

Painting
I paint realistic western landscapes of the places I know best, where I have spent long days gazing at the wilderness. I love depicting beauty. For many years, my paintings have been about the wonder of unforgettable scenes in deep canyons, high mountains, or the secrets of flowing water and
growing things.

Recently, I have been painting a series of Land-Use Paintings, which are about our rapidly changing western landscape. While painting, I have come to better understand the emotions that rapid change stirs in me: shock, denial, uncertainty, nostalgia, and fear. My hope is that these paintings will cause the viewer to understand their own emotions better, and to work for the preservation of the landscape that they treasure.

Elizabeth J. Black

303.449.7532

4340 North 13th Street
Boulder, CO 80304

email            elizabeth@elizabethblackart.com

website
www.elizabethblackart.com