Ellen was born and eventually escaped from Whittier, CA. She attended too many schools to list in her attempt to figure out where she might fit in. All the while she continued to draw and paint and learned some cool printmaking techniques. She currently resides in the Ontario Emporia Arts Colony where she is working on a series of recyclable notebooks decorated with images of trash and words about trash. This is her attempt to deal with global warming. Her work can be viewed at www.ellenperry.com.