Elizabeth Joy Peyton (born 1965) is an American contemporary artist best known for stylized and idealized portraits. Her work is most often executed in oil paint, applied with washy glazes that are sometimes allowed or encouraged to drip, but also in watercolour, pencil, and etching. Her paintings are characterized by elongated, slender figures with androgynous features. Peyton lives and works in Long Island, New York and Berlin.