Artist, 83, who has achieved internet stardom over her love of all things green reveals a look inside her home which is kitted out with emerald, jade and lime furniture
A woman who has dedicated her entire life to the color green has revealed an insight into her home – where everything shimmers in emerald, jade and lime.
Elizabeth Sweetheart, 83, from New York, joined Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle on This Morning on Wednesday to talk about her passion for colour.
Elizabeth, who has been dubbed the Green Lady of Brooklyn, explained how her three-decade obsession began with saying that the color only makes her feel “happy.”
The artist said: ‘I think it’s because I like colour. I’ve worn a lot of color in my life and green just seemed the happiest, it makes everyone happy and it’s easy to live with.
The OAP, who has more than 400,000 followers on Instagram, added that her life is now “naturally green” after years of living with the color.
Elizabeth Sweetheart, 83, from New York, who has dedicated her entire life to the color green, reveals this morning that her hair, nails, clothes and furniture are all green
In a video clip shot through her kitchen, Elizabeth had a green rug, chairs, mud, plant pots, utensils, cutting boards and pans.
The artist added: “I wake up in the morning and it is very cheerful and pleasant. I make my coffee in a green coffee maker, my grinder is green, it’s just a green world.’
About how her obsession with the color developed over 25 years and that it was not a ‘conscious choice’.’
Elizabeth, who’s been dubbed The Green Lady of Brooklyn, explained how her three-decade obsession began saying the color only makes her feel “happy”
The OAP, who has more than 400,000 followers on Instagram, added that her life is now “naturally green” after years of living with the color
About how her obsession with the color developed over 25 years and that it was not a ‘conscious choice’
Elizabeth said: ‘It just happened over the course of 25 years. I don’t think even my partner knew my life was really green until it was, it just crept up.’
She claimed that her partner Robert enjoys it because her love of green allows her to meet interesting people.
She said: ‘People are amazing, when they see me they smile, they are happy and they love taking pictures, they take selfies and we hug each other, it’s very positive.’
Speaking about her new internet stardom, she said ‘it’s all very positive’, but ‘it hasn’t really affected her life’.
Elizabeth revealed that her mother is from Wales and that she studied medicine in London, where she met her father and eventually moved to Nova Scotia.
Born Elizabeth Eaton in Nova Scotia, she was raised by her grandparents in a cabin near the Bay of Fundy, where her grandmother taught her to paint and make clothes.
In 1964, she hitchhiked to New York City to establish herself as an artist and found work making prints in the clothing industry.