Dorothy Ellis
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570.687.1813 Dpaints75@gmail.com
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| Most mornings I am up with the birds and painting in my sun porch/studio, happy as the proverbial lark. Learning with every canvas, observing my missteps and changing a tone or a value means that I am growing. Asking for a critique from a veteran painter or an admired teacher has helped beyond measure.
After taking about 20 credits in Fine Art at Rowen College in N.J. I had a long hiatus before I could focus on learning to paint again. I retired from Nursing, and having fledged my three children, I found a good teacher who refreshed what I had learned and encouraged me. That was 2010-2011. Seeking a warmer climate led me to Virginia. I joined Prince William Art Society and Manassas Artists Guild. I attended workshops with those groups as well at The Workhouse gallery. Always I felt like a beginner, so hungry to learn to paint what I saw around me and to express my love of our beautiful country. Going to galleries I felt like a kid in a candy store window, wanting to know how to paint like that…and that! I took a painting course with Jef Sturm, and then some more. I switched to oils because I could see the beautiful blends one could achieve. He handed me the keys, all I had to do was learn and paint. And paint some more.
Awards: ● Honorable Mention for “Amarylis”, at Rowen College, NJ, 1982 ● Honorable Mention for “Autumn Birches”, at Seacoast Artists Guild’s Spring Show 2017 ● Best in Show for “Blown”,WACG’s Spring Show Burroughs- Chapin Art Museum 2018 ● Third Place for “Incoming Tide”, at Seacoast Artists Guild’s Spring Show 2019
ARTWORK DISPLAYED AT: ● Seacoast Artists Gallery, Market Common, Myrtle Beach, S.C. ● Georgetown ArtGallery, Front Street, Georgetown, SC.
WEBSITES: ● Www.SeacoastArtistsGallery.com
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