my story

Most of my career has been as a portrait painter - human and animal!   Living in the Southwest and growing up in the Rocky Mountains, my portraits are not from the quiet East Coast tradition.  We are proud of our individualism and have a different kind of history.  (read more)

GALLERIES, PUBLIC COMMISSIONS, ETC. 

• 2015 - Curator "Women Making Faces"  Women Painting Notable Arizona Women​
  
• 2013 - Chandler Center for the Arts - "3 Nights for the Arts" Live Painting - Chandler AZ
  
•  2013 - ASU PolyTech Campus - "Anything with Eyeballs....and more" (read more)
  

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Artist's Statement

Elisabeth Ruffner

Living Legacy

Arizona Women's Hall of Fame