About Jocelyn
Jocelyn Elizabeth (she/her) is a Massachusetts-based artist, writer and mom. She became an artist after her uncle's tragic brain injury made her question everything, at a time when she felt trapped by the stress of a corporate HR career and challenges of motherhood. Her practice became the place where she could create the freedom she's seeking and the outlet she needs to be the mother her child needs. She creates vibrant and expressive mixed media paintings with a focus on abstraction and natural coastal landscapes, inspired by her surroundings in New England, as well as time spent time living in Southern California, and Normandy, France. Elizabeth's work, which often includes her own photography and original writing, explores what it means to be alive from the interconnected lens of the human experience and natural world, and she is interested in how we can live differently and better alongside the earth and each other.
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She currently lives and works north of Boston, MA. She holds a B.S. in Human Resources Management and a B.A. in French from Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT). She has participated in numerous exhibitions including at the University of Rhode Island (Providence, RI); Boston Office of Arts and Culture’s Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Exhibit (Boston, MA); Silvermine Gallery (New Canaan, CT); and The Rockwell Gallery at The Salmagundi Club (New York, NY). Public art projects include a commission by the town of Wellesley, MA (2022), Cow Parade New England (2023) and “We Share One Sky” mural project with Newburyport Art Association (2024). She was an Artist-in-Residence at Chateau d’Orquevaux (France, 2024), and is a member of Cape Cod Art Center, Cambridge Art Association and the National Association of Women Artists as well as a Click Pro Elite photographer. Her art and writing has been published in Uppercase Magazine, All She Makes Magazine, Click Magazine, Humana Obscura, and the In Her Space Literary Journal. She is represented by Wild Apple for art licensing.
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She is committed to environmental consciousness, keeps her studio free of animal products, and works to be an ally and advocate, with a specific focus on brain injury survivors and neurodivergent individuals as well as women, children and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Artist Statement
My creative practice centers on the question of what it means to be alive from the interconnected lens of our human experience and the natural world. I am drawn to techniques that help me relinquish control and the conditioned need for constant productivity. My process begins outside, where I source inspiration and natural/recycled materials or paint in plein air. Inside my studio, which I keep free of animal products, I paint intuitively, accompanied by curated audio playlists that evoke the feelings I want to convey. I build history with layers of materials including acrylic and watercolor paint, oil pastel, ink, charcoal, glitter, and my own photos and original writing. I can't help but let the energy pour out of me - my use of saturated color and playful mark making allowing each mixed media painting to take on a life of its own.
If our stories are proof we were here, my work acts as a mirror that reveals me to myself and asks me to reflect on my role in creating a collective future where we live better alongside the earth and each other.