ELAINE WATTS
Biography
Elaine Watts
1883 Selwyn Drive
Decatur, GA 30035
404.273.6269A native of New Orleans, Watts has long been a part of the art world, working for several years as assistant to two well-established local artists. It was when she accompanied photographer, and later, mentor, Barbara Bishop, on photo shoots, that she bought a camera and began shooting subjects around her. She knew she had found the art medium that would become her own. Watts, a self-taught photographer is a member of the nationally recognized photographic group, Sistagraphy.
Elaine is an imaginative artist who captures everyday objects in a creative, sometimes abstract way, showing there is more than one way to look at an object. Through the lens of her camera, a cave, rocks on a beach, tall majestic trees, or, colorful sunsets, take on an unusual look. Elaine loves the beauty of nature and hopes to capture in her images, the peace and serenity that overtakes her spirit as she photographs the Creator’s handiwork. This is the photography Elaine most enjoys.
Elaine has exhibited her work during Brannen and Goodards Employee Appreciation Day; at Sandy Springs Library; Whole Foods; Margaret Mitchell Central Library, Mason Murer Gallery, in conjunction with the National Black Arts Festival; Auburn Avenue Research Library; and the Black Men Film Festival, Auburn Research Library and Passing the Light with Women in Focus. Watts is the co-owner of BaRelai Images, a creative photographic arts studio; she is also co-author of a book of photographs, Enchanting…The Beauty of Life in Photographs.
