Ellen Davis grew up in a small town in rural Georgia. She spent her childhood on her great grandfather's farm roaming the pastures with her brother and father, fishing at the pond, and enjoying the outdoors. Nature was the best teacher for this future artist. 
 
After trading in her teaching career for motherhood, Davis began taking art classes at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. She first studied watercolor, and after working in the medium for years she transitioned to oils in the late '90s. Since that time she has studied under some of the best artists, attending workshops throughout New England and the U.S. She will always be a lifelong student of art.
 
Although based out of her New Hampshire studio, her favorite place to paint is outside, en plein air. From the seacoast to the farmland to the mountains, Davis is always eager to set up her easel, believing that painting from nature gives her the most honest interpretation of the New England landscape.  In her work, Davis hopes to show an emotional connection to the places she loves to paint. 
 
Born in Atlanta, Georgia
Moved to Hopkinton, New Hampshire in 1978
 
Education:
	BSEd from the University of Georgia
	Studied at the New Hampshire Institute of Art (continuing education) with: 
	Sylvia Brofos for 3 years
	James Aponovich for 5 years
	Stan Moeller for 3 years, attended his workshops on Monhegan Island, ME (Stan offered the best advice for an artist…Paint, paint, paint)
	Donald Demers' workshops: November 2008, May 2009, and September 2009
	Sanctuary Arts with Sean Beavers
	Private group lessons with: Clifford Smith and Dennis Sheehan
 
Galleries:
	Represented by Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
	2010 Group Show: "Splash"
	2008 Group Shows
	Represented by Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH
	2010 Group Show
	2009 Group Show
	Represented by The Banks Gallery, New London, NH
	2008 Group Show - Sunapee Lake Region
	Represented by for 3 years by Trish Anderson-Soule (formally Anderson-Soule Art Gallery)
	2006 Group Show
	2004 Group Show
	2004 Group Show - Local Color, at Sulloway & Hollis 
	2004 Group Show - Fab Four Plus One (Artists: Ellen Davis, Sally Ladd Cole, Kate Miller, Cathy Tuttle and Clifford Smith)

New Hampshire Antiquarian Society Art Show (Fund Raiser) for 18 years
            Winner of 'Best in the special category' in 1995 and 1999

Three Points of View-art show in Kittery Point, Maine-Wendy Turner, Hannah Phelps and Ellen Davis

Juried into New Hampshire Art Association, 2004
 
Publications:
Bow Times August 2004, Anderson-Soule Gallery host 'Fab Four Plus One'
Concord Monitor August 2004, A Sense of Place
Concord Monitor Sunday Magazine, June 1995
 
Artwork is in private collections around the United States and France, and at the Concord Hospital, Concord, NH.

September, 2011 elected to the Board of Trustees of the New Hampshire Institute of Art