Ellen Brown studied at the renowned Schuler School of Art and has continued to study in Los Angeles with some of the leading classical realists on the West Coast. A regular exhibitor and award winner at both local and national competitions, she is a member of the Portrait Society of America, an exhibiting member of the Valley Art Guild and an artist member of the California Art Club. She was juried into the California Art Club’s 2008 Gold Medal Exhibition and the Oil Painters of America’s Western Regional exhibit.