Elizabeth Vera-Anne spent her childhood in Penge (Eastern Transvaal), Saldanha and finally Muizenburg.

She grew up surrounded by family and friends who were artists and zoologists, thus gaining a perception of nature from both an artistic and scientific stance.

She studied Fine Art at U.C.T. and developed a growing interest in endangered animals. It was through illustrating the behaviour for such a research institution that she then applied her growing understanding to her painting of Penguins at Boulders Beach.

“I am concerned and would like to play a part in conservation, for the reasons that it ultimately affects efforts to realize a better world.
I have tried to keep a balance between the aesthetics of the environment and documented observations, like catching the sun on the wet birds and at the same time monitor their routine. I feel that I am only starting to convey this using oil on canvas and hope that what I wish to put across will continue to develope.”

Her work has been exhibited at The Cape Gallery since 1997. She has sold paintings to South African Corporates and done several private commissions.

Her most recent work includes creatures endemic to the Galapagos Island and is exhibited on the island of Santa Cruz and on various tourist boats in the Archipelago.
The subject matter she is now focusing on is the endemic wildlife of the Cape Peninsula.