Originally from Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Patterson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Minneapolis College of Art and Design and relocated to the Los Angeles area in 1979. Since early childhood, she has worked in numerous mediums with a strong proclivity for graphite and color pencil rendering.

In 1986, Ms. Patterson traveled to Hawaii where she discovered the magnificence of the undersea world and its resident creatures. The visual impressions of that experience sparked an on-going fascination of sea life that, in time, inspired the artist to resurrect her art career after a thirteen-year hibernation. Ms. Patterson continues to expand her subject matter and demonstrate an admirable mastery of her chosen medium of color pencil. Her widely collected work has won critical acclaim and numerous awards including the prestigious honor of signature status in the Color Pencil Society of America.