A Los Angeles native, Ellen began sketching a a very early age. She started her formal training in Art at CSUN in California. Her paintings are influenced by the French impressionist school and now brings her artistic eye to the Photographic stage. She uses her unique eye for composition and creates images of all living things. There are significant moments in everyone's life that deserve to be captured, and I am passionate about capturing those moments through photography and oil and watercolor paintings. Done well, emotions, personalities and sentiments...more