About
Elizabeth H. Geisler
Elizabeth Geisler is a California painter with a background in printmaking, photography, music, and film. Her work hangs in private collections worldwide and shows in galleries across the U.S. She began painting at a young age, and while still in high school, was awarded a life drawing scholarship to the Otis College of Art and Design. In college she studied both visual arts and mass communications, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA. She continued her art studies at the San Francisco Art Institute, Barnsdall Art College, and the City College of San Francisco.
Before returning to work full time as a painter, Geisler had a varied career in the entertainment industry and the corporate world. In Los Angeles, she worked in production at Entertainment Tonight, as a writer and editor for American Film magazine, and in the Story Development Department at the William Morris talent agency. Geisler then moved to San Francisco for a career in investor relations and corporate communications, using her writing and visual arts skills to market companies to investors and the general public.
Best known for her paintings of water and nightscapes, Geisler has a special affinity for light, shadow and reflection. Geisler’s water reflection paintings range from photorealistic to semi-abstract. Up close, the color use and brushwork read as abstraction, but from a distance, they blend into a more representational depiction. She often uses intense colored underpaintings that show through in varying degrees in the finished piece, which provides an added depth to her paintings.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Throckmorton Theatre, "Fluid Thoughts", Mill Valley, CA
Homestead Valley Community Center, "Pause and Reflect", Mill Valley, CA
2018 Mill Valley Community Center, "The Ripple Effect", Mill Valley, CA
Abode Marin, "Ebb & Flow", Larkspur, CA
2016 Tiburon Peninsula Club, Tiburon, CA
2015 The Gail Van Dyke Atrium Gallery, Greenbrae, CA
Belvedere-Tiburon Library, “Water Patterns”, Tiburon, CA
2015 McGuire Real Estate, Mill Valley, CA
2010 Belvedere-Tiburon Library, “Above and Below”,Tiburon, CA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2021 O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, " Women Artists Making Their Mark", Mill Valley, CA
(Jurors: Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA)
2020 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, "Left Coast", Novato, CA
(Juror: Ken Harmon Hashimoto, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco & New York)
2019 Arc Gallery, "Bridge to Abstraction", San Francisco, CA
Art Design Consultants, "Art Comes Alive", Cincinnati, OH
Fe Gallery, "Pattern and Abstraction", Sacramento, CA
Art League of Hilton Head, "Biennale", Hilton Head Island, SC
Blue Line Arts, “79th Crocker-Kingsley Biennial Competition”, Roseville, CA
(Juror: David Pagel, contributing art critic, Los Angeles Times and art professor, Claremont
Graduate University)
2018 Marin Community Foundation, "Marin Open Studios 25th Anniversary Group Exhibition,"
Novato, CA (Curated by Micah LeBrun, MCF and 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA)
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, "Bay Area Women Artists", Mill Valley, CA
(Jurors: Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA)
Marin Society of Artists, "Fresh Art", San Rafael, CA
(Juror: Chester Arnold, artist)
2017 Triton Museum of Art, "Salon at the Triton", Santa Clara, CA
(Jurors: Cherri Lakey & Brian Eder, co-proprietors of Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, CA)
Joyce Gordon Gallery, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Regional Semi-Finals, Oakland, CA
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, "The Essence of Water", Mill Valley, CA
(Jurors: Kay Carlson & Stephen Ehret, artists)
Mills Pond Gallery, "The Color of Night", St. James, NY
(Juror: Tim Newton, Chairman of the Board, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY)
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, "Bay Area Women Artists", Mill Valley, CA
(Jurors: Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA)
SFWA Gallery, "Abstracted", San Francisco, CA
(Juror: Mary Mocus, Mocus Group Art Consultants, San Francisco, CA)
Marin County Fair, Fine Art Exhibition, San Rafael, CA
(Jurors: Donna DeLaBriandais,artist; Edmund Ian Grant, artist; Berenice Happe Iriks, artist)
2016 The Midway, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Regional Semi-Finals, San Francisco, CA
SFWA Gallery, "Artist Choice", San Francisco, CA
(Juror: Matt McKinley, McKinley Art Solutions, San Francisco, CA)
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, "Bay Area Women Artists", Mill Valley, CA
(Jurors: Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA)
Marin County Fair, Fine Art Exhibition, San Rafael, CA (Jurors: Barbara Fortier, Terra Firma
Gallery; Sandra Speidal, artist/instructor; Berenice Happe Iriks, artist)
Falkirk Galleries, "Spring Inspiration 2016 Open Juried Exhibition, San Rafael, CA
Pacific Art League, “Fur, Feathers and Fins”, Palo Alto, CA
(Juror: Stephanie Amon, gallery curator)
2015 Blue Line Arts, “Crocker-Kingsley Biennial Competition”, Roseville, CA
(Juror: Gregory Kondos, artist)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Wetlands: ever changing waters, land and life”,
Sebastopol, CA, (Juror: Chester Arnold, artist)
2011 Pacific Art League, “Scapes”, National Competition & Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA
(Juror: Maria Medua, director, SF Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery at Fort Mason),
2010 Pacific Art League, “Painting Only”, National Competition & Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA
(Juror: Charles Hespe, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA)
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, “Private Eyes: Artists’ Visions”, Novato, CA,
(Juror: Andrea Schwartz, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA)
GROUP SHOWS:
2021 James May Gallery, "Art of Water V", Algoma, WI
2020 Lymelight Foundation, "Dart for Art", San Mateo, CA
2019 Simon Brietbard Fine Arts, "Annual Trunk Show", San Francisco, CA
Lymelight Foundation, "Dart for Art", San Mateo, CA
2018 Simon Brietbard Fine Arts, "Annual Trunk Show", San Francisco, CA
Mill Valley Outdoor Art Club, "Marin Masters", Mill Valley, CA
San Ramon Valley Conference Center, “Patterns in Nature”, San Ramon, CA
(Curated by Slate Art Consulting)
Lymelight Foundation, "Dart for Art", San Mateo, CA
2017 Simon Brietbard Fine Arts, "Annual Trunk Show", San Francisco, CA
UCSF Women's Health Center, "Serenity", San Francisco, CA
(Curated by Matt McKinley, McKinley Art Solutions)
Ruby Living, "Landscapes", Mill Valley, CA
Desta Gallery, two-person show: "East West Rhythmical Harmony", San Anselmo, CA
Lymelight Foundation, "Dart for Art", San Mateo, CA
Studio Gallery, "Night Light", San Francisco, CA
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2016 Toadfish Gallery, Sausalito, CA
Gallery 111, "Off The Wall", Sausalito, CA
2015 Google Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Studio Gallery, “Tiny”, San Francisco, CA
San Ramon Valley Conference Center, “Bay Lights”, San Ramon, CA
(Curated by Slate Art Consulting)
Studio Gallery, “City Streets”, San Francisco, CA
Studio Gallery, “Terrain”, San Francisco, CA
2014 Studio Gallery, “Tiny”, San Francisco, CA
Gallery 305, Mill Valley, CA
2010 Jellyfish Gallery, San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
SOMArts Gallery, “Art Launch”, San Francisco, CA
Artist Xchange Gallery, “Layers of Abstraction”, San Francisco, CA
Artist Xchange Gallery, “Views of the City”, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS, HONORS & PUBLICATIONS:
2021 Artists of the Bay Area, published by Jen Tough Gallery
2020 Creative Quarterly, 100 Best 2020
2020 Creative Quarterly, No. 59, Fine Art Winner
2019 Creative Quarterly, No. 54, Fine Art Winner
2018 Marin Magazine, May 2018 Issue - Cover Contest Winner
Top 25 Featured Artist for Marin Open Studios (Juror: Renee Baldocchi, former
Director of Programs, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.)
Creative Quarterly, No. 49-50, Fine Art Winner
2017 Marin Magazine, May 2017 Issue - Cover finalist
Marin County Fair, Special Sponsored Award
2016 "Nature Inspired: Autumn", writing & art anthology
2016 SFWA Gallery, Juror's Choice Award, "Artist Choice"
(Juror: Matt McKinley, McKinley Art Solutions, San Francisco, CA)
2010 Pacific Art League, Third Place “Painting Only”, National Competition & Exhibition,
(Juror: Charles Hespe, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA)
1982 Bank of America, Merit Scholar for Fine Arts
1981 Otis College of Art and Design, Life-drawing Scholarship
EDUCATION:
1986 BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, University of California at Los Angeles
1987 - 2010 Continuing Art Education: San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA; City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Barnsdall Art College, Los Angeles, CA