ARTIST ELIZABETH SPIEGEL HAS BEEN AN ARTIST HER ENTIRE LIFE. SHE TOOK TECHNICAL ENGINEERING DRAFTING AT PENN STATE EXTENSION AT 18 YEARS OLD. SHE CAN DO ANY KIND OF ART YOU DESIRE. ELIZABETH WAS IN ADVANCED ART CLASSES IN 9TH, 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH GRADE. SPIEGEL WON MANY AWARDS FOR THE STATE OF PA. SPIEGEL WON SEVERAL POSTER CONTEST FOR THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA THAT ARE STILL IN USE TODAY. HER FIRST PAINTING WAS SOLD AT THE READING PUBLIC MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY AT A YOUNG AGE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COCA COLA COMPANY.
SPIEGEL’S ART WAS CONSTANTLY DISPLAYED IN THE VERY LARGE SHOWCASES AT READING HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MAIN LOBBY. SPIEGEL IS GIFTED WITH POTTERY, TAPESTRIES, MACRAME, PEN AND INK, WATER COLORS, ACRYLICS AND OILS. SPIEGEL WAS EMPLOYED AT THE AGE OF 18 IN AN UPPER CLASS MEN’S CLOTHING STORE TO DRAW ALL OF THE ADS FOR THE NEWSPAPER CLOTHING ADS. SPIEGEL CAN WEAVE A RUG, MAKE CUSTOM JEWELRY, SHE EXCELS AT MULTIPLE LAYERS OF BEADING. SPIEGEL IS VERY TALENTED AT CUSTOM LEATHER WORK INCLUDING MAKING PURSES, BELTS AND MORE. SPIEGEL ALSO MADE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, SHE DESIGNED HERSELF USING A SOLDERING IRON AND CUTTING HER OWN GLASS. SPIEGEL ALSO WORKED AS A FLORAL DESIGNER FOR MANY PROMINENT FLORIST.
SPIEGEL’S LOVE OF PEN AND INK BEGAN AT THE AGE OF TEN WHEN SHE WAS GIVEN HER FIRST FOUNTAIN PEN WITH INK. SHE LOVED TO SIT IN HER THIRD FLOOR BEDROOM AND CREATE DESIGNS. SPIEGEL LAUGHS EVERY TIME SHE TELLS THE STORY OF HER FIRST WIN FOR HER SECOND GRADE REPORT CARD HOLDER. SHE WON FOR HER 3D DESIGN AND SHE WAS AHEAD OF THE TIMES ALREADY. SPIEGEL REMEMBERS BEING FOUR YEARS OLD AND RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET TO THE TILE COMPANY AND PICKING UP THE OLD TILES THAT WERE THROWN AWAY AND SHE MADE THEM INTO LITTLE BOWLS, HER FATHER WOULD MIX PLASTERER FOR HER, SPIEGEL BELIEVES THIS IS WHERE HER LOVE OF MAKING CERAMICS CAME FROM. SPIEGEL WAS A BORN ARTIST. SPIEGEL IS DYSLEXIC AND HER LOVE OF ART IS WHAT CONSTANTLY MOTIVATED HER AND KEPT HER SPIRIT FREE. SPIEGEL IS AN EXCELLENT SEAMSTRESS AND STARTED MAKING DOLLS AT THE AGE OF FIVE USING HER MOTHER’S TREADLE SEWING MACHINE AND ALSO MADE HER OWN CLOTHING THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL. SPIEGEL SPENT SOME TIME ON AN NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATION AND WAS TAUGHT BY THE FINE ART OF LIQUID SILVER WITH TURQUOISE AND CORAL BEAD DESIGNS MADE BY THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS. SPIEGEL LOVES TO COOK, SHE SAYS IT IS ANOTHER FORM OF ART!
IF YOU ASK SPIEGEL WHERE HER FAVORITE PLACE TO BE IS, SHE WILL TELL YOU IT IS AT THE ALTERNATIVE GALLERY WITH ALL OF HER ARTIST FRIENDS THAT SHE ABSOLUTELY ADORES. SHE WILL TELL YOU THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN AT THE ALTERNATIVE GALLERY. SPIEGEL GRADUATED AT THE VERY TOP OF HER CLASS AND WAS THE ONLY FEMALE IN HER CLASS. SPIEGEL IS ALSO AN ANIMAL ACTIVIST AND HAS SAVED COUNTLESS ANIMALS. SHE HAS BEEN A PART OF MANY RESCUES AND SHE HAS DEVOTED HER LIFE TO SAVING ANIMALS OF EVERY SPECIES. SPIEGEL WILL ALWAYS TELL YOU SHE IS A FREE SPIRIT AND WILL ALWAYS BE A ROLLING STONE.
SPIEGEL’S WORK IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AND FOR SALE AT THE ALTERNATIVE GALLERY LOCATED AT: 707 N 4th St, Allentown, PA 18102
(610) 462-3282 YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE http://www.thealternativegallery.com/ AND https://www.facebook.com/thealternativegallery?fref=ts
SPIEGEL’S WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN SEVERAL ART SHOWS INCLUDING THE SKETCH BOOK SHOW AND ARTS FEST 2014. SPIEGEL WILL BE A PART OF ARTS FEST 2015. YOU CAN CONTACT HER FOR INTERVIEWS OR INQUIRING ABOUT HER WORK FOR PURCHASE OR TO DISPLAY BY CONTACTING JANEL SPIEGEL: PROMOTIONS & INTERVIEWS VIA EMAIL JANELSPIEGEL@OUTLOOK.COM SPIEGEL HAS ORIGINALS FOR SALE AND PRINTS. SHE IS WORKING ON A VARIETY OF NEW AND UNIQUE ART STYLE AS HER STYLE HAS BEEN CALLED “BREATHTAKING” AND “NEW AND UNIQUE.” EACH PICTURE SHE DOES IS HAND DRAWN AND HER RECENT TREE SERIES WAS ALL DONE IN PEN AND INK AND HAND DRAWN. EACH INTRICATE DETAIL DONE BY HAND, SOME OF THE PICTURES TAKING HOURS AND DAYS. HER RECENTLY OTHERWORLDLY SERIES OF PICTURES IN COLOR ARE BEING CALLED “AMAZING” BY THE ART WORLD. PLEASE CHECK OUT HER WORK AND SHE IS ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM https://www.facebook.com/betty.spiegel?fref=ts MESSAGE OR SEND HER A FRIEND REQUEST. ALSO PLEASE VISIT THE ALTERNATIVE GALLERY AND ETSY STORY https://www.etsy.com/shop/CIRCLEINKES?ref=hdr_shop_menu
– Janel Spiegel
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