Bio Paragraph 2015 Brandywine Plein Air Ellen A. Gavin www.greenbootstudio.com Ellen A. Gavin oil painter (b 1954 Phila) living Millville NJ. With a BFA cum laude from Temple University's Tyler School of Art 1976. Ellen began her artistic journey with a design career in NYC. In 2001 she left the design world and began painting full time. Enjoying an energetic painterly style, her plein air landscape & equestrian paintings have been exhibited, awarded & collected throughout the US & Europe. A Signature Member of Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters (MAPAPA), The American Academy of Equine Art 2003-09, The Washington Society of Miniature Painters 2004-09 The Society Animal Artists 2006-09 She has continued study at The Scottsdale Artist School AZ, The Art Students League & Museum of Natural History in New York City. She is also listed in Who's Who in American Art from 2009 through 2015 She owns Green Boots Studio & Gallery in Millville NJ. Recent Selected Awards * Easels in Frederick 2014 Best County Landscape * Mt Lebanon Plein Air 2014 & 2012 Pittsburgh PA Grand Prize * Paint Annapolis 2011 Peoples Choice Quick Draw * Callaway Gardens GA Plein Air 2011 Quick Draw -Honorable Mention * Media Fine Art Show 2011- Best in Show * Noyes Museum Hammonton Plein Air 2011- Best in Show * Easton Plein Air 2010 Vasari Color Award * Wayne Plein Air 2010 Wayne Art Center- Honorable Mention * Chadds Ford Days 2008 The John Milner Award * Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts 2007 Best in Show & Best Oil Painter * Min Painters Soc. of Washington DC. 2007 3rd place oils, 05 2nd Place oils * Salmagundi Club 05-Grand Nat Exhibit Am Artist Prof League ??"Raymond Chow Memorial Award * American Academy Equine Art awards 2006 05 & 03