Elise is an illustrator and painter, specializing in watercolor painting and narrative illustration. Her work is inspired by Grimm’s fairy tales and lost childhood. Commissions are accepted, including illustrations, portraits, murals, and exploratory projects.

She works in a variety of mediums including watercolor, pastel, collage, digital painting, and oil painting. In her studio, current passion projects in-progress include a children’s book about introversion and extroversion, a series of fine artwork that explores motherhood and religion, and a light-hearted stick figure comic. 

Elise graduated with a B.F.A. in painting and drawing and a minor in illustration from the University of Akron Mary Schiller Myers School of Art in 2019.

View her full portfolio online: https://www.eliseradz.com/