Like many of the best abstract painters, Elsa's work evolved from a traditional base. The Cotswolds, where she lives and paints, with it's soft rolling hills and ancient stone villages, has undoubtedly been a strong inspiration, as have the very different landscapes of Cornwall and Italy, both of which she visits often.

She has exhibited with the Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford, Rowley Contemporary Art (now the Minster Gallery) Winchester, AFAS The Mall Galleries, London, John Adams Fine Art, Ebury Street, London, The Royal West of England Academy, Bath Society of Artists, Merriscourt Gallery, Sarsden.