"It is my mission to create a body of work that bridges the soul of the human experience with the beauty of the earth and her inhabitants. To be successful is to be humble and simple, yet to refine my craft and to be deliberate but at the same time be naive when trying to transmit beauty that can stand alone, without my guidance.
I am moved by the need to create figurative emotion in prayer within my sculpture, and adorn the imagery with the decoration of ceremony. To honor the mysteries that bind us all together, and be the storyteller."

Don Elzer was born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1957. After a career in business he became a self-taught landscape painter in 1980, studying the landscape in the Canadian Prairies and the mountains of the southern interior of British Columbia. He would receive is formal art education through Okanagan University College, where he was introduced to ceramics and sculpture. After another career in publishing and marketing he would return to his art full time in 1991.

Through gallery representation in both Canada and the United States his mixed media wall motives, masks, ceramic bas relief's, sculpture and paintings can be found in private and corporate collections around the world.

Represented by:
Images for a Canadian Heritage, Vancouver BC
Outpost Gallery, Squamish, BC
My Boutique, Whistler BC
Lloyd Gallery, Penticton, BC
Jasper Gallery, Jasper Alberta
The Quest, Canmore, Alberta
Aladdins Lamp, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Devin Galleries, Courd'Alene, Idaho
Houshang's Galleries, Santa Fee, New Mexico
Serendipity, Laconner, Washington
Serendipity, Annacortes, Washington
On the web 'Elzer'

www.donelzer.homestead.com