Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet with a little distance, clear impressions of moving water emerge. Viewers simultaneously experience glistening patterns on the water’s surface and light moving through its depths while reflecting nature all around. For Geisler, water represents life, as it flows across the Earth and through each of us. She seeks to showcase the beauty and intricate tapestry that nature provides in reflections of water while conjuring water’s musical rhythm and restorative properties. SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS2019 Throckmorton Theatre, “Fluid Thoughts,” Mill Valley, CA Homestead Valley Community Center, “Pause and Reflect,” Mill Valley, CA2018 Mill Valley Community Center, “The Ripple Effect,” Mill Valley, CA Abode Marin, “Ebb & Flow,” Larkspur, CA2017 Desta Gallery, “East West Rhythmical Harmony,” San Anselmo, CA 2016 (Two-Person) Tiburon Peninsula Club, Tiburon, CA 2015 The Gail Van Dyke Atrium Gallery, Greenbrae, CA Belvedere-Tiburon Library, “Water Patterns,” Tiburon, CA McGuire Real Estate, Mill Valley, CA2010 Belvedere-Tiburon Library, “Above and Below”,,Tiburon, CAMUSEUM EXHIBITIONS2024 Triton Museum, “Salon at the Triton,” Santa Clara, CA2020 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, “Left Coast,” Novato, CA (Juror: Ken Harmon Hashimoto, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco and New York)2017 Triton Museum, “Salon at the Triton,=, Santa Clara, CA2010 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, “Private Eyes: Artists’ Visions,” Novato, CA, (Juror: Andrea Schwartz, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA) GROUP EXHIBITIONS:2024 James Baird Gallery, “Water,” Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada2023 Sebastoppol Center for the Arts, “The Color of Water,” Sebastopol, CA Lymelight Foundation, “Dart for Art," San Mateo, CA O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Art & Ecology," Mill Valley, CA Stephanie Brietbard Fine Arts, “Annual Trunk Show,” San Francisco, CA2022 The Cove, “ICB Art at the Cove,” Tiburon, CA O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Women Making Their Mark,” Mill Valley, CA (Jurors: Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA)2021 James May Gallery, “Art of Water V,” Algoma, WI O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Women Making Their Mark,” Mill Valley, CA (Jurors: Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA)2020 Lymelight Foundation, “Dart for Art,” San Mateo, CA2019 Simon Brietbard Fine Arts, “Annual Trunk Show,” San Francisco, CA Lymelight Foundation, “Dart for Art,” San Mateo, CA 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, “Crocker-Kingsley Biennial Competition”, Roseville, CA, (Juror: David Pagel, contributing art critic, Los Angeles Times & art, University) Professor, Claremont Graduate University2018 Marin Community Foundation, "Marin Open Studios 25th Anniversary 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) 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) Lymelight Foundation, “Dart for Art,” San Mateo, CA2017 Joyce Gordon Gallery, “Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series – Regional Finalists,” Oakland, CA O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, “Essence of Water,” Mill Valley, CA 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) Simon Brietbard Fine Arts, “Annual Trunk Show,” San Francisco, CA USCF Women’s Health Center, “Serenity,” San Francisco, CA Ruby Living, “Landscapes,” Mill Valley, CA Lymelight Foundation, “Dart for Art”, San Mateo, CA Studio Gallery, “Night Light,” San Francisco, CA Marin County Fair, Fine Art Exhibition, San Rafael, CA 2016 The Midway, “Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series – Regional Finalists,” San Francisco, CA SFWA Gallery, “Artist Choice,” San Francisco, CA (Juror: Matt McKinley, McKinley Art Solutions) 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 Falkirk Galleries, “Spring Inspiration Open Juried Exhibition,” San Rafael, CA Pacific Art League, “Fur, Feathers and Fins,” Palo Alto, CA Toadfish Gallery, Sausalito, CA 2015 Blue Line Arts, “Crocker-Kingsley Biennial Competition,” Roseville, CA, (Juror: Gregory Kondos, artist) Studio Gallery, “Tiny,” San Francisco, CA Google Gallery, San Francisco, CA San Ramon Valley Conference Center, “Bay Lights,” San Ramon, CA, (Curated by Slate Art) Studio Gallery, “City Streets,” San Francisco, CA Studio Gallery, “Terrain,” San Francisco, CA 2014 Studio Gallery, “Tiny,” San Francisco, CA2011 Pacific Art League, “Scapes,” National Competition & Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA (Juror: Maria Medua, director, San Francisco 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) 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 PUBLICATIONS:2023 Luxe Magazine, Nov/Dec Issue –“Ripple Effect”2022 Creative Quarterly, “100 Best 2021” Creative Quarterly, No. 66, Fine Art Winner2021 Artists of the Bay Area, published by Jen Tough Gallery Creative Quarterly, “100 Best 2020”2019 Creative Quarterly, No. 54, Fine Art Winner Crocker Kingsley Biennial Competition Catalog Art League of Hilton Head Biennale Catalog2018 Marin Magazine, “Life as Art,” featured Cover Artist, May 2018 Issue Creative Quarterly, No. 49-50, Fine Art Winner2017 Marin Magazine, “Fine Lines,” featured finalist, May 2017 Issue2016 Nature Inspired: Autumn, published anthology of art and creative writing (five pieces selected)2015 The Ark, “Strawberry painter works with refrains of music, water and light,” Volume 43, Issue 34 Crocker Kingsley Biennial Competition Catalog AWARDS & HONORS:2024 Triton Museum, Salon at the Triton, Honorable Mention (Juror: Aly Gould, Executive Director of Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA) 2018 Top 25 Featured Artist for Marin Open Studios (Juror: Renee Baldocchi, former Director of Programs, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) Marin County Fair, Special Sponsored Award2016 SFWA Gallery, Juror’s Award, “Artist Choice,” San Francisco, CA (Juror: Matt McKinley, McKinley Art Solutions)2010 Pacific Art League, Third Place, “Painting Only”, National Competition & Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA (Juror: Charles Hespe, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA) 1982 Bank of America, Merit Scholar for Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA1981 Otis College of Art and Design, Life-drawing Scholarship, Los Angeles, CA EDUCATION:1986 BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, University of California at Los AngelesAdditional Art Education:San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA; City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Barnsdall Art College, Los Angeles, CA; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA