About the Artist

Elizabeth Cadwalader began her formal art studies in the early 1970s at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Following a decade of extensive work and travel throughout the United States and abroad, she returned to Baltimore, where she devoted several years to teaching English as a Second Language and raising a family.

In 2001, she resumed her artistic practice with renewed focus, pursuing coursework at institutions including Towson University, the University of Notre Dame of Maryland, the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), the Mitchell School, and the Zoll Studio of Fine Art. She also participated in specialized workshops across the country. Since 2013, she has maintained a working studio at the Mill Centre in Baltimore, where she paints both from life and in plein air.

Primarily working in oil and watercolor, Cadwalader focuses on landscapes,  also painting some still lifes and interiors, with occasional explorations into abstraction. Her studio also contains a small etching press, where she creates whimsical monoprints. Travel continues to be a part of her artistic process—she frequently sketches and paints in watercolor or gouache while away from Maryland, later developing these works into larger pieces in the studio.

Her artwork has been exhibited in solo, juried, and group shows throughout Maryland, earning awards including first and second place honors and honorable mentions. Her paintings are held in a number of private collections across Maryland and the United States.

“My love of the landscape began in early childhood, growing up in the countryside and spending summers in Harford County or New Hampshire.  We were always outside, wandering and exploring the woods, fields, and streams, and in particular I loved visits to the ocean or the lake.

I still like being outside, where there is always something new to see, even in a familiar location.  The changes of season and weather create inexhaustible subjects, but it is not easy to know how to represent the non-visual aspects of a scene and capture that sense of place, the quality that makes this place special. I attempt to go beyond the immediate scene to find the intangibles that set the subject apart. What we can see in the visible world is only part of what exists, and it is difficult to know how to represent what isn't there or isn't easily available to our limited senses, and I continue to explore new ways of depicting that elusive awareness.”