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Pet Portraits, Watercolor (8×8) 2023
Pet Portrait Commission, Charcoal and Conte (9×12) 2020
Pet Portrait Commission, Charcoal (9×12) 2019
Newsprint Drawing Commission, Charcoal 2015
Business Commission, Newsprint and Acrylic on Canvass (8×10) 2016
Memorial Pet Portrait, Newsprint and Acrylic on Canvas (8×10) 2017
Pet Portrait Commission, Charcoal and Conte (9×12) 2019
Memorial Family Portrait Commission, Acrylic and Newsprint on Canvas 2019
Cropped image of “Harvest”, Charcoal and Conte 2010
Pet Portrait Commission, Charcoal (11×14) 2019
Pet Portrait Commission, Charcoal and Conte (9×12) 2019
Cropped image of “The Future.” Newsprint, Charcoal, Ink, Pencil 2011
Cropped image of the very first drawing done with newsprint as “In Word Reflections”, Charcoal and Conte 2010

In Word Reflections is Elisha Matthews, artist, mother and wife living in Whitby, Ontario. The heart of her work consists primarily of newsprint drawings and paintings, however, her work ebbs and flows with her creative interests.

The theme of “In Word Reflections” started in 2010, with the inspiration to turn the negative headlines she had been reading in her local newspaper into messages of positivity. She had a strong need to make art that contained positive messages about Love, Gratitude and Joy, etc. as her way of bringing balance to this sometimes dark world we live in.

Currently, she has opened her books for doing Pet Portraits. If you are interested in having your fur baby captured in a charcoal drawing, watercolour painting or acrylic painting, with or without newsprint, contact her through the tab above.