Abstract artist · Seattle

Elizabeth Van Snellenberg

Color, form, layering and intuition—paintings made slowly, playfully, and by paying attention to what happens next.

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Abstract painting by Elizabeth Van Snellenberg with layered yellow, gray, green, pink and black forms — Recent work · acrylic on canvas · 24 × 24 in.

Selected work

Recent paintings

Colorful abstract painting with layered geometric and organic shapes

Abstract painting with looping cream, red, gray, pink and green forms

Abstract painting with dark biomorphic shapes over a warm layered ground

Layered abstract painting in moss green, ochre, red, turquoise and pink

About

I paint to see what happens next.

Welcome to my studio. I create medium- and large-format abstract paintings on canvas and cradled wood panels in my home studio in Seattle, Washington.

My work takes inspiration from color and forms found in nature and develops through an intuitive process of layering, mark-making, covering, uncovering and experimentation.

I’ve been quietly developing several new bodies of work, and I’m excited to begin sharing them here in fall 2026.

In the studio

Current collections

Forms

Shape, gesture, symbols and recurring forms.

New work coming fall 2026

Fields

Layered color, atmosphere and traces of what came before.

New work coming fall 2026

Studio & inquiries

Original work.
Private art sessions.
Good conversations about paint.

Selected works are available for purchase. I also offer two-hour private art sessions in my Seattle studio.