About the Artist

Elizabeth B. Gillin was born and raised in New Jersey — the place where she now gets the inspiration for her art. She started painting at an early age with her mother. Her love of people, especially children, and the Jersey shore are expressed in her art using oil, pastel, and pencil.

Elizabeth received a BA from Ithaca College in Fine Art and studied architecture and Interior Design at Cornell University. She has studied at the Art Students League in New York and the Visual Arts Center of NJ in Summit, New Jersey.

After a long career as an Interior Designer, Elizabeth has switched gears to concentrate on her art.

Awards

2023 Union County Senior Citizens Arts Exhibit

Best of Show and First Place by a Professional Artist
"Costumes of East Asia"
Oil Painting, by Elizabeth Gillin, Westfield

and

57th Annual New Jersey Senior Art Show

Second Place by a Professional Artist
"Costumes of East Asia"
Oil Painting, by Elizabeth Gillin, Westfield

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56th Annual New Jersey Senior Art Show

First Place by a Non-Professional Artist
“Amanda Gorman, My Favorite Poet”
Oil Painting, by Elizabeth Gillin, Westfield

2022 Union County Senior Citizens Arts Exhibit

Best of Show and First Place by a Non-Professional Artist
"Amanda Gorman, My Favorite Poet"
Oil Painting, by Elizabeth Gillin, Westfield

Point Beach Arts
2nd Annual Juried Art Show 2020
Honorable Mention, Little Gardener

Oil Painting, by Elizabeth Gillin, Westfield