My love of animals and their wild places started at an early age.  I followed my father, Mel Ellis, like his shadow. He was a writer and naturalist and my first teacher.

The painting I did for one of my father's books, "Notes from Little Lakes," won the Addy Award for best book cover, 1995-1997, in Madison, Wisconsin.

I had my first solo show, July and August 2004 at the Richard C. Anderson Gallery, Land's End in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.  Another show followed in July and August 2006, at the UW Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin.

I am very fortunate to have taken workshops with John Seerey-Lester, Paco Young, and Julie Chapman.

I spend a lot of my free time with my horse, roaming the hills in Cross Plains, Wisconsin, where I live.

• Suzanne is a PaintAmerica Association Signature Member (PAA) 2008
• Suzanne's painting titled "Her Ancestral Home," was recently juried into the 2008 PaintAmerica Top 100.
• Her painting "Heart of the Mountain," was juried into the 2007 PaintAmerica Mini Top 50.
• The painting "Badger State of Mind," was juried into PaintAmerica's 2007 Top 100, and won the Grand Prize Purchase Award.
• Her "Ghost of Wildcat Mountain" won the 2007 Paint the Parks Competition!
• Visit her Gallery Page, or the competition website, to view these paintings!
• Suzanne's show "Wild Wisconsin" is featured in the Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin.  Click here to read the article.
• Suzanne participated in "Art Zoobilee 2010," a public art display and auction event held at Henry Vilas Zoo, in Madison, WI, from June through September.  Find out more about Zoobilee at https://www.vilaszoo.org/events/index.php?category_id=4419.