Find your escape in our Winter Raffle item, Windsong at Moonrise, by Elizabeth Grater. This piece is beautifully framed and ready to hang on your wall.
Elizabeth B. Grater (1924- 2021) devoted her life to caring for others, expressing that care through love for her family and friends, and a desire to share her vision of the world’s beauty through her painting. Always humble about her talent, Betty was hesitant to sell her work, but hundreds of her paintings grace the houses of friends and families across the country.
Windsong at Moonrise was generously donated and framed by Grater’s daughter, Lisa Schenker.
The winner of the 2024-2025 Winter Raffle will be announced on March 21st, 2025, the last day of winter.
More about the artist:
Elizabeth was born in Ogdensburg, New York, and began painting as a child in LaTuque, Quebec, before moving to Cornwall, Ontario. She attended Smith College, earned a Nursing Degree from the Montreal General Hospital in 1946, and, with her husband Bill, moved to East Tennessee in 1954. There Elizabeth raised their four children and became an invaluable member of her community. Always, she made time for her art: sketching, painting, attending workshops, and studying with artists such as Charles S. Chapman, Rex Brandt, Hans Junga, Betty Lou Schlemm, and Keith Crown.
She painted not for the accolades (though she received many), but for the love of art and especially her subjects: the landscapes of East Tennessee, her home for almost 70 years, and the St. Lawrence River, especially her beloved Halfway and St. Margarette’s Islands, where she spent every summer of her life. Treasured also are her portraits of her children and grandchildren.
Her paintings have been exhibited, often winning prizes, in galleries and shows in the south and northeast. Her work has appeared throughout the years at the Thousand Island Arts Center in the “On the River” show.