Elizabeth Jordan earned her Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans in 1988, and has devoted herself to creating beautiful childrens' portraiture for the past ten years. Using dozens of layers of painstakingly applied colored pencil, Elizabeth creates sensitive yet vivid images that reflect the magic and beauty of childhood.
Her ability to achieve a striking likeness to the model begins with a photography session designed to establish a sense of the child’s unique personality and to reveal it by means of clothing, perspective, hue, lighting, and backdrop. The resulting portrait combines graceful realism with artistic interpretation in a way that is impossible to achieve with posed studio photographs. Yet portraits remain surprisingly affordable. Prices begin at $800, with adjustments for size and complexity.
Elizabeth’s work has been featured on the cover of New Orleans City Business Magazine, in Gambit Magazine, Lipstick Magazine, the Hale Boggs Federal Building, the Archdiocese of Birmingham, and many private collections. She is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America and the Mountain Brook Art Association. References available.
