Born in Vancouver, Elaine starting painting at the age of nine, inspired by the elemental grandeur of British Columbia. With a Fine Arts degree from the University of Toronto, she won numerous graduate distinctions before emigrating to the UK and in 2003 set up a studio near Lampeter in rural West Wales, drawn by the magic and mystery of the Welsh landscape. She is a member of the King Street Gallery cooperative in Carmarthen, exhibits in galleries across Wales including an annual solo show in Aberglasney Gardens.