ELLEN BROOKS art photo crafty

About me...the one woman show...more or less...

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P. Ellen Brooks

Oso Azul Design.
  I am an artist. I started with crayons at the age of 3 years old and have since tried many different mediums/techniques.

Currently I am focusing on illustration with pen, pencil and marker, as well as acrylic and watercolor painting. I also love to create mosaics with vitreous glass tiles and/or broken stained glass.

For the future I am looking to explore combing metalwork and clay to create sculptures. Awww what the heck, maybe I'll throw a few mosaic tiles on there too!

el brooks photography.  I am a photographer.  I started taking photos in earnest during high school.  Lucky enough to borrow a nice SLR camera from a friend's dad.  It is an utter addiction I think!  You find something interesting and want to capture it in a photograph.  I am drawn to nature, animals, vivid colors and black & white. 

Currently I am shooting food, editorials, animals, nature and urban photos mostly. 

For the future I hope to focus on pet photography as well everything else I love to shoot.

Marge & Vina.  I am a crafty gal.  Well, they start us out young on arts and crafts in school!  I just didn't stop once I left elementary school.  So there.

Currently I have been focusing on recycling / upcycling items that would normally be added to a landfill.  For example, I sold a few magazine bowls which were made entirely from either a discarded phonebook or magazine.  Sometimes I also paint them, sometimes I don't.

For the future I would like to get some vegan-friendly lip balms and soaps into the Marge & Vina shop.  Hand-crafty goodness!