Eileen Elizabeth
Held, acrylic on canvas, 24 × 36 in, by Eileen Elizabeth

Held

Acrylic on canvas, 24 × 36 in, 2026

Support can feel like a tether before it feels like a gift.

Paintings and poems about impermanence.

Acrylic and mixed media, many paired with a poem, painted in a studio in Northern Virginia.

Works

31 works

Held

The tension between being protected and being possessed.

Fleeting

The things that are sweetest right before they’re gone.

Play

The fun stuff: childhood favorites and the things that still make your heart race.

Archive

Sold works and commissions, now in private collections.

Detail of Sam’s Flowers, a commissioned painting of a bridal bouquet

Commissions

For the bouquet, the person, or the feeling you’re not ready to let go of.

Commissions start with a story and the place the painting will live. The rest is painted with full creative freedom and seen for the first time when it’s finished.

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