Meet Elizabeth Lorayne
Elizabeth Lorayne is an artist, printmaker, curator, award-winning author, and ICF Associate Certified Coach specializing in Jungian and Expressive Arts coaching. She holds a B.S. in interdisciplinary psychology, art, and writing from The New School in Manhattan. Her creative practice is deeply informed by Jungian psychology, mythology, dreams, symbolism, history, and the natural world, weaving together art, writing, and coaching into a unified exploration of personal and collective transformation.
Elizabeth’s creative life is intertwined with her role as a mother. Writing haiku and engaging in printmaking became essential practices after the birth of her daughter in 2012, offering moments of reflection, presence, and artistic rigor. Her work—ranging from children’s literature to symbolic printmaking—reflects a devotion to empowering others through creativity, imagination, and the discovery of personal values.
Writing & Publishing
In 2014, Elizabeth founded White Wave Press to publish children’s books celebrating strong, intelligent, and adventurous girls. Her debut series, The Adventures of Piratess Tilly, written in haiku and illustrated by Karen Watson, arose from a desire to fill a gap she noticed in libraries and bookstores, and it has since won awards and received praise from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. She later expanded this mission, with the support of a successful Kickstarter and published The Historical Heroines Coloring Book: Pioneering Women in Science from the 18th and 19th Centuries (White Wave Press, 2018)—celebrating thirty-one women who persevered in STEM fields despite societal barriers, with portraits by artist Kendra Shedenhelm.
Art & Coaching
Coming out of the pandemic, she established her own printmaking studio and embraced Jungian coaching, merging her passions for creativity, psychology, and symbolism. This integration culminated in her most recent project, Animae: The Source (White Wave Press, 2025), a 48-card values-based deck designed to foster self-discovery, healing, and community connection. The original fine art collagraphs have been exhibited in two shows, Animae: the source (Illume Gallery, Spring 2025) and Alchemy in Print (Marblehead Arts Association, Summer 2025).
She served for several years on the board of directors for the Custom House Maritime Museum and remains an active participant in the local arts community. Expanding on her passion for empowering others, in 2025 she embarked on a new role as art curator of Illume Gallery within Illume Books in downtown Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Her work—whether on the page, in printmaking, in workshops, or in coaching—explores the deep power of imagination, metaphor, and meaning-making as pathways to insight and transformation. Elizabeth continues to draw inspiration from nature, history, and the unseen rhythms of daily life. She lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts, with her husband, musician Robert Lorayne, and their daughter.