STATEMENT
I am a local Hopewell painter. my career began many years ago as a free-lance illustrator and painter designing notecards, invitations and illustrations for private customers and small businesses in NYC and Princeton, NJ
Using flora and fauna, I creates a storybook world in my art with whimsy and humor painting in saturated colors adding to the joyful nature of each piece.
BIOGRAPHY
Ellie Wyeth is a local Hopewell painter. Her career began many years ago as a free-lance illustrator and painter designing notecards, invitations and illustrations for private customers and small businesses in NYC and Princeton.
For several years she adapted my painterly style and vivid colors to the floor and the table, creating distinctive custom-made floorcloths and placemats. She traveled extensively from Baltimore to Boston exhibiting her work at Fine Art craft fairs, including the American Craft Council, Paradise City Arts Festival, as well as many others.
Her work includes landscape, still life, portraits, floorcloths, placemats and notecards.
STATEMENT
My art education background includes humorous art, cartooning and illustration. I am inspired by folk artists, surrealists, children’s book illustrators, outsider art and an ongoing exploration of many other art genres. Many of my floorcloths are custom orders, including subjects such as family pets, farm animals, botanicals, ceramics, landscape, and still life.
My paintings are inspired by the everyday surroundings in my home, the unexpected presence of animals and birds, vibrant colors and patterns.
BIOGRAPHY
Ellie’s career began many years ago as a free-lance illustrator designing notecards, invitations and illustrations for private customers and small businesses in NYC and Princeton, NJ. Clients included Rutgers University Press, The Eagleton Institute, John McPhee’s short story, Irons in the Fire, first featured in The New Yorker, and many other publications and organizations.
After working for five years at an artist residency in Umbria, Italy where she painted landscapes and still life in oil and acrylic, Ellie wondered about applying her artistic skills to more functional objects. She has a large portfolio of painted floorcloths, laminated placemats, and notecards which she exhibited in Fine Art Fairs from Baltimore to Boston. Now she is happily not traveling to shows, allowing more time to paint.
Ellie has a growing collection of custom portraits in acrylic of family and friends. In all her paintings Ellie creates a storybook world with whimsy and humor in saturated colors adding to the joyful nature of each piece.