Elizabeth Eaton was born in a small manufacturing town, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada.
[1] She was greatly influenced by her grandparents, who lived with her mother while her father, Dr. Robert Burrell Eaton, served as a field surgeon during the Second World War.
[2] She attended Mount Allison University where she studied fine arts with the renowned Canadian painter Alex Colville.
Arriving at the New York Unemployment Agency with only a pillow and her sketchbook, she was immediately sent for a job interview.
In addition to creating hand-painted prints for top clothing designers such as Michael Kors, Liz Claiborne, Calvin Klein, American Eagle Outfitters and Ralph Lauren,[1] she makes tiny watercolor paintings.