As a Studio Arts major at Brooklyn College, Ellen studied painting with Philip Pearlstein and Bob Henry. She studied painting at the Art Students League with Jack Faragasso and Dan Dickerson . Ellen has been the recipient of numerous grants and recognitions, most notably the NYS Council of the Arts DEC Grant administered by the Roxbury Arts Group, a NEA fellowship, and a teacher/artist residency at Skidmore College. She has donated her paintings to the Margaretville Hospital Auctions since 2021 and has been on the AMR Studios tour since its inception missing only the last 2 tours after an accident and the necessary recuperation. She is a founding member of the Longyear Gallery, although currently on a leave, and has had many one woman, and group shows in galleries and venues in upstate New York and New York City. Her work is in many private collections. During 2021, she was invited to share her body of work --Catskill landscapes: Working in an American Tradition in a presentation as part of the Hanford Mills Museum initiative to engage new audiences. It is still available on their website, Interactions under the Programs link For many years Ellen has been inspired and moved by nature, particularly the Catskill landscape. As a part-time resident of Roxbury, she has painted her life and the life around her. “My work is about the land and a sense of place.” "Face of Farming", a multimedia exhibit at RAG told the story of a working Catskill landscape, through video, audio, photographs, and formal oil portraits. It documented five of the last operating dairy farming families to memorialize and celebrate the art of working the land.