Sue Ellen Brown

Sue Ellen Brown (born 1954) is an artist living in Birmingham, Alabama.

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.[1] She is married to artist Don Stewart, with whom she shares studio space.[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".[2]

She has illustrated children's books for various publishers, worked with commercial clients such as McDonalds, Denny's, and Pepsi, and produced cover art for books and magazines.[1] She has earned national awards and recognition, including two Paragon Awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, inclusion in the New York City Society of Illustrators' Humor Exhibition, and the Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Techniques.[1]

Books Illustrated by Sue Ellen Brown:

Time-Life Family Time Bible Stories: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS, by Patricia Daniels. ISBN 0-7835-4625-4

GLEAMING BRIGHT, by Josepha Sherman. Walker & Co. New York 1994 ISBN 0-8027-8296-5

ORPHANS OF THE NIGHT, Josepha Sherman, ed. Walker & Co. New York 1995 ISBN 0-8027-8368-6

THE NATIVITY, A Bible Story Pop-Up Book. Thomas Nelson Pub. Intervisual Books, Santa Monica 1993 ISBN 0-8407-8481-3

WINTER'S Child, by Mary K. Whittington.[4][5] Atheneum New York 1992 ISBN 0-689-31685-2

She has also illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://sites.google.com/site/headsupalabama/artists/sue-ellen-brown
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clevenger, Margaret (August 19, 2010). "'Heads Up Alabama'", The Tuscaloosa News.
  3. ↑ Nelson, James: The Birmingham News, Sunday, August 01, 2004
  4. ↑ McDermott, Leone (December 1, 1992). "Fiction – Winter's Child by Mary K. Whittington and illustrated by Sue Ellen Brown", Booklist 89 (7): 679.
  5. ↑ Gloyer, Judith (January 1993). "Fiction – Winter's Child by Mary K. Whittington and illustrated by Sue Ellen Brown", School Library Journal 39 (1): 88.

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