Eljay's paintings are collected all over the world. One-person and group shows in San Francisco, St. Thomas, New York and Ft. Lauderdale have featured her watercolors and acrylics and oils on canvas. At Stanford University, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, majoring in Philosophy, Art and Drama. At The College of Arts and Crafts in Berkley, she graduated in Painting and Art History.

Eljay's business careers include publishing five weekly newspapers and executive positions in marketing and sales with American Express, The San Francisco Visitors and Conventions Bureau, The San Francisco Embarcadero Center Executive Offices, and Grubb and Ellis Real Estate Company. For three years, she hosted and created a weekly TV program called "Entertainment and the Arts" on a CBS affiliate.

Eljay's paintings are part of the Chase Manhattan Bank Collection in New York. The cover of the 1984 Virgin Islands Telephone Book displayed her tropical imagery.

Eljay and her husband Mark reside in Ft. Lauderdale and St. Thomas.

Solo Exhibitions

1999-02

Florida Collector’s Gallery

1999-00

Florida Collector’s Gallery (Group Exhibition)

1994

De Ligny Art Galleries, Ft. Lauderdale

1993

De Ligny Art Galleries, (Group Exhibition)

1987-92

Viewpoint Gallery, New York (1987, 1990, 1992)

1987

The Island Gallery, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands

1986

Generations Gallery, St. Thomas

1986

Bird of Paradise Gallery, St. Thomas

1985

Tillett Gallery, St. Thomas

1985

Yannis Galatis Gallery, Mykonos, Greece

1984-99

Teaching - Taught art on cruise ships all over the world

1984

Designers Gallery, St. Thomas

1983

Gallery on the Square, St. Thomas

1982

Gallery Virgin Isle, St. Thomas

1981

Reichhold Center for the Arts, St. Thomas

1981

Harbor Arts, St. Thomas

1980

A.H. Riise Art Gallery, St. Thomas

1977

John Pence Gallery, Union Square, San Francisco

1976

Cynthia Snow Gallery, Sacramento Street, San Francisco

1975

Cantata Gallery, Union Street, San Francisco

1972

Art League Gallery, Union Street San Francisco

Art Collections and Museums

• Chase Manhattan Bank Art Collection, New York
• Peat Marwick Main, New York
• Carter Museum, Atlanta
• Hillmer Museum, St. Mary’s College, Omaha
• Edmonton Art Museum, Edmonton, Canada
• Ft. Christian Museum, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands

Public Art

• Cover Painting on 1984 Telephone Directory, United States Virgin Islands
• Ramada Yacht Haven Hotel, St. Thomas, 80” x 18” mural in lobby
• St. Thomas Hospital, Public Health Lobby and Diamond Barrel Restaurant
• Chinese Bowl and Buona Sera Restaurants, New York

Education

• BA Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa, and BA California College of Arts