Elizabeth Eaton Rosenthal

Elizabeth Eaton Rosenthal (née Eaton; born 1941), also known as Elizabeth Sweetheart and nicknamed the "Green Lady of Brooklyn", is a Canadian-American artist and designer based in Brooklyn. She is known for her love of the color green, which she wears and decorates her home with nearly exclusively.

Early life Elizabeth Eaton was born in the small manufacturing town of Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. 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 World War II. She spent many summers with her grandfather at his log cabin on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. Her grandmother taught Elizabeth to paint and to make clothing.

Style

Known as the "Green Lady of Brooklyn," Eaton always wears green and decorates her home in various shades of green. She has donned green, from head to toe, including bright lime green hair, since about 2000.

Personal life

Eaton married Robert Rosenthal, also an artist, in 1966 or 1967. They have one son, Sam Eaton, who is a mentalist and magician.