Jocelyn Elizabeth (she/her) discovered she was meant to be an artist after her uncle’s tragic brain injury made her question what it really means to be alive and who she wanted to be. She felt trapped by the stress of a corporate job and challenges of motherhood and her practice became the place where she could process her experiences and emotions. It allows her to create the freedom she is seeking and is the outlet she needs to be the mother her child needs. When she was serendipitously laid off after 15 years working in Human Resources for fortune 100 companies, she knew she was meant to move towards a more creatively fulfilling life.  Elizabeth’s vibrant and expressive mixed media paintings are inspired by the beauty and possibility she sees around her everyday. Her work centers on the question of what it means to be alive from the interconnected lens of the human experience and natural world, and she is interested in exploring how we can live differently and take better care of the earth and each other.  Her artwork, which often incorporates her own photography and original writing, focuses on abstraction and the natural landscapes of coastal New England, often Cape Cod, the place where she feels most free. 

 

She currently lives and works north of Boston, MA. She holds a B.S. in Human Resources Management and a B.A. in French from Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT). While primarily self taught, notable art courses include Nicholas Wilton’s Creative Visionary Program and an Art & Emergence Learning Collaborative led by Heather Bird Harris. She has participated in numerous exhibitions including at the University of Rhode Island (Providence, RI); Boston Office of Arts and Culture’s Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Exhibit (Boston, MA); Silvermine Gallery (New Canaan, CT); and The Rockwell Gallery at The Salmagundi Club (New York, NY). Public art projects include a commission by the town of Wellesley, MA (2022), Cow Parade New England (2023) and “We Share One Sky” mural project with Newburyport Art Association (2024). She was an Artist-in-Residence at Chateau d’Orquevaux (France, 2024), and is a member of Cape Cod Art Center, Cambridge Art Association and the National Association of Women Artists as well as a Click Pro Elite photographer. Her art and writing has been published in Uppercase Magazine, All She Makes Magazine, Click Magazine, Humana Obscura, and the In Her Space Literary Journal. She is represented by Wild Apple for licensing collaborations. 

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She is committed to environmental consciousness, ensuring her studio is free of animal products, and works to be an ally and advocate for brain injury survivors and individuals who are neurodivergent as well as women, children and the LGBTQIA+ community.