Elizabeth Van Tassel, artist and GIA gemologist, featured in The Wonder & Light Journal blog header with landscape paintings, jewelry, books, tea, and lavender-inspired watercolor details.
Carmel Charm, Baylor Connections, and a Godwink

Carmel Charm, Baylor Connections, and a Godwink

Published on: 03/11/2026

How a chance meeting next door sent a painting home to Texas—and helped inspire my California Coastal Collection.

Riverside Garden Painting Finds Its Way Home

Riverside Garden Painting Finds Its Way Home

Published on: 03/11/2026

Three days painting in a friend’s enchanting riverside garden during the Eagle Plein Air Festival.

Secret Garden Gouache Foundations Painting Class

Secret Garden Gouache Foundations Painting Class

Published on: 03/11/2026

This January, join me for a deeper dive class designed to give you the fundamental skills to begin painting from photographs using all my tools I’ve ascquired over painting for more than 30 years!

A Gemologist’s Eye, an Artist’s Heart

A Gemologist’s Eye, an Artist’s Heart

Published on: 17/10/2026

How gemstones and painting became part of the same story.