Elisabeth Bard studied fine art and photography at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio and worked as a graphic artist with 20+ years experience in the field. She returned full-time to photography during the late 1990s and makes this the main focus of her creative endeavors, viewing herself primarily as an artist who just happens to use a camera. Abstracts focusing upon texture, color and time are her main love and focus. Elisabeth has exhibited locally, including local museums such as the Biggs Museum of American Art and the Delaware Art Museum, and has won multiple awards for her work including the prestigious Delaware Emerging Artist for Photography and placed first and third in the Brandywine Plein Air Competition and was has been twice selected as a Master Artisan for Delaware By Hand, a division of the Biggs Museum in Dover, DE. She is a member of several local arts and photographic organizations in the Mid-Atlantic region.