Elaine Taranu is Montreal born and has worked most of her life in Executive positions in Montreal and Toronto in the not for profit, charitable sector. She has lived in Montreal, Bogota, Toronto, Ottawa, Napanee, Savannah, and is now established in Trenton with her husband. She is by and large a self-taught artist who enjoys learning, discovering and testing new venues. She has expanded her style in the past twenty years to include illustraive, semi-abstract and figurative and representative genres. Elaine has exhibited her work in Ottawa, Greely, Manotick, Napanee, Belleville, Savannah USA, and Trenton, in group, duo or as main guest exhibitor and has won several Honourable mentions at juried exhibitions.

 

Elaine also creates hand painted silk scarves and sells other accessories with prints of her paintings. While in Napanee, Elaine was involved with the Greater Napanee and Area Arts Association, having played a critical part in its inception and its continuing leadership until 2019. She also organized from 2015 to 2017 “Art in the Park” in Napanee’s Conservation Park, an annual outdoor exhibit for visual artists.