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About the Artist The first portrait Ellen saw painted on porcelain she knew that someday she wanted to be able to create a piece of artwork of that permanence. She began her porcelain painting study in 1990 with weekly classes studying with Penny Nangle. Over the years she has attended various schools and special seminars for intensive study in porcelain art. She was invited to study in 2008 in Portugal with renowned international porcelain artist Manuel Filipe Periera. She has also studied with famed porcelain portrait artists’ San Do, Jane Marcks, and Mariela Villasmil-Kaminski. Her artwork has been published in The China Decorator, The China Painter as well as Porcelain Artist three different international porcelain magazines. Her main focus being in human and animal portraiture.
Ellen has had examples of her work displayed in the international porcelain museum in Oklahoma City and has been asked to submit a piece for the permanent collection in the International Porcelain Artists Museum in Grapevine Texas as well as serving a term as Vice President of that organization. She also has served as president of the Indiana World Organization of China Painters and serves as president of her local guild New Dimensions. She was one of the Indiana porcelain artists to paint china for the Indiana Governor’s mansion.
She currently serves on the board of directors of the international organization IPAT as well as a director of the Porcelain Art School of Indiana. She has been asked to serve as a teacher on the faculty of the Midwest Porcelain Art School in 2010. One of her goals is to educate the public in respecting the fired art of painting on porcelain as a worthy medium just as any other. She appealed to the 2009 Indiana General Assembly and obtained a proclamation in HR 24 designating china painting as a fine art. She is always presenting programs and demonstrations to the public about the history and creation of porcelain art. In addition to her porcelain art activities she is a director on her county fair board. She was inducted into the Indiana Fairs Festivals and Events Association Hall of Fame. She and her husband are active in the National Farmers Union. She lives on a cattle and grain farm with her husband Leslie. She will be the first to tell you that his support is a big part of her porcelain art accomplishments. Together they work together to indulge the whims of the family Sheltie.
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