After a quarter century of creating fine art and craft, D.H.Elzer's original ideas can be found in over 800 personal collections world-wide.

The diversity of his work can be found in the streetscapes and focal points of public streetscapes and homes.

D.H.Elzer's artistic and literary contributions, cultural and political commentaries have touched many Canadians, however he is still considered an unknown in both literary and visual art circles.

Bas Relief

A Place Where Two Cultures Meet

Original Bas Relief

by Don Elzer

Ceramic - 40"h x 16"w

$3500.00

A depiction of Overlander Pioneer Catherine Schubert being met by a Shuswap Woman Elder. Schubert arrived at the Shuswap Village on the Thompson River nine months pregnant accompanied by her husband and two small children. It was said that the elder Shuswap woman would embrace Schubert saying that, "When this child is born it's name shall be Kamloops" which means where two rivers meet. This child was born the next morning, the first white child born in the British Columbia Interior.

The artist often sculpts in a style that would appear to be gothic, then incorporates indigenous imagery that could be Native North American, ancient Celtic or Aborigine but as if western European culture had emerged wth aboriginal culture at the time of the renaissance.

A deep sense of meditation and mystery remain common elements within his work.

Don Elzer began to create ceramic wall murals in 1991, his work in high, two thirds bas relief is distinctive and unusual.