Ellie is a National and International artist in both oil and watercolor. She is also an instructor and has taught classes throughout Europe. Mexico, and the United States including: The Loveland Art Academy, The Art Student’s League of Denver, The American Academy of Fine Art, and the Scottsdale Artist School. Among her awards are included the Best and Brightest of Scottsdale, Women Painters of America, many Colorado Governor’s Shows, and The Smithsonian Native American Exhibit. She is in many private and corporate collections.

Her instruction has come from friends and travel companions including Richard Schmid, Charles Reid, Lowell Ellsworth Smith, Cathy Goodale, Jim Biggers, and Doug Erion.

“I have a true love for art, realism or abstraction. Just the process itself has been a real joy in my life and I love to pass it on to anyone with a passion to learn.