Elizabeth Barsham (formerly painting as E.M. Christensen) is an award-winning artist working in Tasmania, Australia's island state.

Have you seen Elizabeth Barsham's new book? Thirty years ago Tasmania's mistress of the strange held her first solo exhibition. To celebrate, she has produced a book of paintings spanning her entire career. This brand new hard-cover book, The Caravan Moves On contains a selection of one hundred photographs of Elizabeth Barsham's stunningly beautiful paintings, with descriptive comments by the artist. Mail order: Price $54.95 plus $15.00 postage and handling to anywhere within Australia. Overseas customers

On 18th May 2014, ABC 936 local radio played an interview in which Chris Wisbey and Elizabeth Barsham talked about her life, her home and her art. Listen to it here: link to interview

Elizabeth Barsham talks to Greg Nolan about her art: youtube video

Do you want to do it yourself? Elizabeth teaches regular classes and workshops at Nolan Art Gallery and School more information

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The kids are going back to school - why don't you? Try your hand at painting and drawing: still life, landscape, animals, fantasy, abstract, whatever you'd like to do, in the medium of your choice. And yes, you can learn how to paint a self-portrait. Elizabeth Barsham's drawing and painting lessons at Nolan Art School start on Tuesday, 10 February. download brochure: Term 1: beginning 10 February, 2015 more information about drawing and painting tuition

Strange Relations installation by Elizabeth Barsham at Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart. 1 - 31 March 2014

Elizabeth's uniquely imaginative oil paintings are an emotional expression of her ancestral connection to the landscape and its people. Often based on old family photographs, they feature mysterious figures against a backdrop of rugged mountains, impenetrable forest and crumbling buildings in an unsettling but hauntingly beautiful mixture of nostalgia, gothic romanticism and humour.

A descendant of the first convict settlers, she has also written several books and articles about Tasmanian family history and was the first Tasmanian to publish a book about a convict ancestor (Thomas Burbury, Pioneer of Tasmania by E.M. Christensen and W. Sinclair, Victoria, 1979).

Barsham does not dwell on lurid details of the colonial penal system but admires the determination and fortitude shown by pioneering men and women who endured terrible hardships in creating the townships, farms and industries enjoyed today. She is passionate about the need to explore and record what traces remain of their lives, while preserving both the built environment and the remaining forests and primaeval wilderness.

A selection of Elizabeth Barsham's paintings can be seen at Nolan Art Gallery, 77 Salamanca Pl, Hobart