Elizabeth Bonner Zimmerman is a graduate the New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She has done graduate work at Alfred, Rhode Island College, and the Rhode Island School of Design.  Her watercolor work and printmaking have been enriched through study with Joanne Scott on Monhegan Island, ME, for many summers. She has also studied with Al Albrektson, Natalie Pfanstiehl, Carol Fitzsimonds, Richard Harrington, and Joan Boghossian in RI. 

She is an artist member of the Providence Art Club where she serves on the Board of Managers and teaches monotype printing. She is also an artist member of the Art League of RI, and the Printmakers Network of Southern NE. She belongs to the Newport Art Museum and the Attleboro Art Museum.

Her 2-dimensional work has been exhibited in Providence, Newport, Wickford, and Tiverton in RI, and Attleboro, MA, as well as in PA, ME, and Great Britain.  Her work is part of several corporate collections, print portfolios, and is regularly purchased by private collectors.

Statement: Relating to the natural world through art is at the center of my being. The differences that light and atmosphere create in the world around us are endlessly tantalizing. Sometimes it is in small abstract patterns and textures, and at other times it is the vistas that are compelling. Images become queries that ask for my response and interpretation.

Finding unsuspected beauty on the roadside or in each stage of plant life is a constant reminder that nature is always full of surprises. Seeing the ways that shadows form an underpinning for color by building composition and creating patterns can often be the first inspiration. The cycle of our New England seasons offers constant inspiration.

Printing processes help me move between realism and abstraction. Simplifying images and using multiple transfer processes allow the “making” to create openings in each step along the way.

Contact: erbzim@gmail.com