Elizabeth Bish: Gloucester Invitational Artist

Elizabeth Bish, Pears and Tomatoes

Gloucester Invitational Artist: Elizabeth Bish
October 2026

Artist Talk: Thursday, October 8, 6 pm at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
Open Studio: Saturday, October 24, 2-4 pm at 51 Main Street (Rear), Gloucester
Residency Closing Reception and Artist Talk: Friday, October 30, 6 pm at 51 Main Street (Rear), Gloucester

A longtime Gloucester resident and practicing chiropractor, Elizabeth Bish has devoted decades to the study and practice of painting. Working primarily in oils, her work encompasses landscapes, still lifes, figurative painting, and abstraction. She has exhibited throughout Cape Ann, including at the Rockport Art Association, North Shore Arts Association, and Patricia Sullivan Gallery.

Through the Goetemann Artist Residency, Bish will dedicate focused studio time to developing a new body of work that pushes her landscape and still-life paintings toward greater abstraction.

"The Goetemann Artist Residency will provide me with fully focused time to work every day on a new series pushing my still life and landscape paintings toward the more abstract," says Bish. "By working intuitively with a variety of materials, I hope to discover my own unique vocabulary of expression."

Through these varied residency experiences, the 2026 Goetemann Artist Residency Program reflects Rocky Neck Art Colony's commitment to supporting artists at all stages of their careers while enriching the cultural life of Cape Ann through creative exchange, education, and public engagement.