[3][2] Charles Eaton developed into a landscape architect, and the house he built for his family, Riso Rivo, in then-semi-rural Montecito featured a lotus pond with a Japanese teahouse.

[3] Many of her works feature floral motifs, and there is a clear influence from Asian art in both style and subject matter that is especially evident in her prints.

[7] Typical of her work in the Arts and Crafts style are copper lamps shaped as abstract flowers with abalone shells forming the shade.

In 1904, both she and her father participated in the arts exhibits at the St. Louis World's Fair, with Elizabeth showing leatherwork inlaid with shell or decorated with silver leaf.

[3] In 1920, Burton's husband died of a heart attack and she began a two-year world tour that included a stop in Paris for advanced art training and time in Brittany painting local scenes.