Artist Elizabeth Varner's

 Elizabeth Varner's body of work combines mixed media, paintings, sculpture, and photography to investigate themes of adventure and transformation – including rebirth and decay, reinterpretation, nature and human engagement. Texture and patterns are important in all media. She is influenced by nature, fashion photography, pop art, and the human experience

. Her works have sculptural elements – bringing the art closer to the viewer's world – and is alternatively hyper-realistic or abstract and super-saturated to encapsulate the vividness of her composition and energy of the moment. 

Varner is an artist with more than thirty years of experience in creating art across the United States, Nepal, Europe, SE Asia, and Africa. Her education includes degrees and classes at Salem Academy; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Smithsonian-Corcoran College of Art+Design; Parsons New School; and University College London. She has shown her art in a variety of venues including a solo exhibition at the Green Goat Gallery as well as other group shows including those at Salem College and Academy and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her works have also been published by Oxford University Press. 

In addition to her career as an artist, Varner also has served as a cultural administrator for more than fifteen years, including leading two national museums, served as an art consultant to major organizations, and advised cultural entities even longer. She has also curated and served as a juror for multiple art exhibitions.