Elyse Harrison has been producing and exhibiting her art primarily in the Washington, DC area since the mid-1970s. Her work includes both fine art paintings and commercially commissioned site-specific murals. She is the recipient of a 2021 Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council, four Individual Artist Grants from The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, and has produced ten murals for The Maryland State Arts Council’s Artists in Education Program.