Elizabeth Horning has the ability to communicate the joy she receives from flowers and from all other living things, flawlessly with paint. Her love of flowering plants has caused her home and most of her paintings to overflow with them. But like all true artists, Elizabeth does not merely copy the beauty of nature, she magnifies it. Elizabeth was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated with a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1965. Elizabeth Horning began her career in art as a teacher, setting up and implementing art programs in the elementary schools of Franklin, New Hampshire. Although she has worked in a wide variety of media through her career. Elizabeth Horning keeps coming back to oils because she feels that oil allows for more spontaneity than practically any other medium.