Sue Ellen Brown

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Sue Ellen Brown
Born(1954-05-08)May 8, 1954
Tyler, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of North Texas
MovementSketch Pad Studio
Spouse(s)Don Stewart

Sue Ellen Brown (born March 8, 1954 [1] ) is an artist living in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Early life

Brown was born in Tyler, Texas to John Robert and Joy Kathryn (née Hardie). Brown spent much of her childhood drawing and painting. During this period, she encountered the work artists and writers who would become inspirations for her own work, including George MacDonald and Hans Christian Andersen. J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis later became important to Brown due to their vivid and layered styles. [1]

Career

After graduating with a B.F.A. in Advertising Design from University of North Texas in 1977, Brown assisted Don Ivan Punchatz at the Sketch Pad Studio in Dallas, Texas, then became a staff artist for Hallmark Cards. [2] Since 1986 she has worked independently a painter, portrait artist and illustrator.

Regarding Brown's Shell Series of oil paintings on canvas, The Birmingham News described her as a lyrical nonobjective abstractionist. [3] She contributed to the exhibit "Heads Up Alabama" at the Aldridge Botanical Gardens in Hoover in 2010, with her work "Mental Block". [4]

Brown has illustrated children's books for various publishers, worked for commercial clients such as McDonald's, Denny's, and Pepsi, and produced cover art for books and magazines. [2] She has earned two Paragon Awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, and she was included in the New York City Society of Illustrators' Humor Exhibition, and The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Techniques. [2]

Books Illustrated by Sue Ellen Brown:

She has also illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. [2]

Personal life

Brown is now married to artist Don Stewart, with whom she shares studio space. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hile, Kevin (1995). Something about the Author. Detroit, MI: Gale Cengage. pp. 24–25. ISBN   9780810322912.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sue Ellen Brown - Heads up Alabama".
  3. Nelson, James: The Birmingham News, Sunday, August 01, 2004
  4. 1 2 Clevenger, Margaret (August 19, 2010). "'Heads Up Alabama'", The Tuscaloosa News .
  5. McDermott, Leone (December 1, 1992). "Fiction – Winter's Child by Mary K. Whittington and illustrated by Sue Ellen Brown", Booklist 89 (7): 679.
  6. Gloyer, Judith (January 1993). "Fiction – Winter's Child by Mary K. Whittington and illustrated by Sue Ellen Brown", School Library Journal 39 (1): 88.